cahier
- noun
- /kæˈjeɪ/
- UK
:
cuaderno
- Pardieu's frown, he flattened out his cahier with his fist and scrawled hastily in it.
Examples
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He took out his cahier to jot down ideas for his new story while sitting in the park.
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The cahier was smaller than the others.
Fiction book (1992) -
As we got up, she darted a look at the heap of cahiers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sketched in sepia Pitt pen (S) in the large Moleskine cahier with the Paul Wang cover.
Blog text (18) -
She then gave us ten minutes to inscribe our own masterly examples in our cahiers, the sacred brown notebooks that we handed in for discussion and correction.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the art class, each student filled their cahier with sketches and color experiments.
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The teacher asked us to write down our homework assignments in our cahiers so we wouldn't forget them.
Synonyms
187
1.0
A book of blank or lined pages for writing notes
13
2.1
A book with blank pages for making quick drawings
1
2.8
A book of blank pages for drawing
1
7.3
A book showing handwriting examples for students to practice writing letters
A small notebook for writing short notes
A book of blank paper for drawing quick pictures
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Etymology
Cahier comes from French and the Latin quaternus meaning 'four', and because people used these small folded bundles for writing, the word came to mean a small notebook for notes or drawing.