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); see 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

Marise looked down at the cahier, its pages as blank as when she had sat down.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy

In the Estates General of 1614, he was chosen deputy by his diocese, and was afterward selected by the clergy of the States to present their cahier or vote of grievances to the monarch.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)