cahier
- noun
- /kæˈjeɪ/
- Fall's Cahier describes the range of tasks to which he and his classmates were assigned, and the motivational strategies employed by the Sri to get results:
Examples
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In his Cahier Ponty, Mdoune Fall reports that in his daara, students were given their own fields, the proceeds of which they controlled.
Academic text (2004) -
In his Cahier Ponty, Baba Ndiaye mentions offhand that he spent many afternoons in the fields planting, weeding, harvesting, and gathering dead wood.
Academic text (2004) -
Constance, upon hearing that the page boy was not receiving formal religious training, added his case to her notorious cahier of grievances.
Fiction book (1992) -
A particularly strong-willed member of the last group, Sister Constance, moved to the coffin-confessional to present her petitions, a richly documented cahier of complaints.
Fiction book (1992) -
The professor published a detailed cahier on the history of French literature.
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Each edition of the series includes a cahier that explores various aspects of architecture.
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She submitted her research findings in a concise cahier that was well-received by the committee.
Synonyms
A small paper book or leaflet that gives information about one subject
A small book with information or instructions on a topic
A small printed paper that gives information about one subject
A long, detailed written study about one subject, often by one author
A small printed booklet that gives information or advertises something
A small cheap booklet from past centuries with folk stories or songs
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cahier comes from French and the Latin quaternus meaning 'four', and because a cahier was a small bound set of pages it later also came to mean a short published booklet or pamphlet, often one in a series.