cassis

[ ka-sees; French ka-sees ]

/ kæˈsis; French kaˈsis /

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noun

crème de cassis.

(italics)French.

a black currant.
a brandy distilled from black currants.

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Origin of cassis

From French

Words nearby cassis

Cassino, Cassiodorus, cassiope, Cassiopeia, Cassirer, cassis, cassiterite, Cassius, Cassius Longinus, Cassivelaunus, cassock

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How to use cassis in a sentence

Aligoté is traditionally the wine blended with creme de cassis liqueur to make a kir cocktail.
Give your holidays some sparkle with these well-priced bubbles|Dave McIntyre|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
The air smells like lavender and another fruity scent I later learn is cassis.
Why We Buy In to the Big Business of Sleep|Kelsey McKinney|August 6, 2020|Time
The drinks here, like the Blackwatch (with Johnny Walker Black, creme de cassis, and Becherovka), are far from pedantic.
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After dinner, when the coffee and cassis had been drunk, Madame Regnier invited Stella to play to them.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie

Larousses dictionary says that good liqueurs were made at Cassis in Provence.
Origin of Cultivated Plants|Alphonse De Candolle
He who has seen Paris, and has not seen Cassis, may say, "I have seen nothing."
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
Before we left, we were compelled to accept a thimbleful of cassis, most delectable, and to promise to return very soon.
A Top-Floor Idyl|George van Schaick
The entire account of this Cassis was interpolated by Linnus in the pages of his amanuensis.
The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 4|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cassis

cassis

/ (kɑːˈsiːs) /

noun

a blackcurrant cordial

Word Origin for cassis

C19: from French

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