cahier

American  

[ka-yey, kah-, ka-yey] / kæˈyeɪ, kɑ-, kaˈyeɪ /

noun

plural

cahiers

1. Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.

2. a report of the proceedings of any body.

   A cahier of the committee was presented to the legislature.

3. (italics)

   1. notebook; exercise book; journal.

   2. paperback book.

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cahier British  

/ kaje /

noun

1. a notebook

2. a written or printed report, esp of the proceedings of a meeting

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Etymology

Origin of cahier

1835–45; < French; Middle French quaer gathering (of sheets of a book); quire ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, messages come in from other hotels I have stayed at: no, we don’t have your pink cahier.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2017

“They had sections by Bill Cunningham, where he’d do a whole cahier of the shows and people’s looks on the street,” he told me.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 21, 2016

The Competition will be governed by English law À propos du concoursConçu conformément à un cahier des charges convenu avec Google.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2012

This cahier gives a very full statement of existing judicial abuses.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)

See the cahier of the Artignose in Provence, Archives parlementaires, vi.

From The Eve of the French Revolution by Lowell, Edward J. (Edward Jackson)