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ca·chet

Audio Help [ka-shey, kash-ey; Fr. ka-she] Pronunciation Key

–noun, plural ca·chets

Audio Help [ka-sheyz, kash-eyz; Fr. ka-she] Pronunciation Key.

1.	an official seal, as on a letter or document.

2.	a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.

3.	a sign or expression of approval, esp. from a person who has a great deal of prestige.

4.	superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.

5.	Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.

6.	Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.

[Origin: 1630–40; < F: lit., something compressed to a small size, equiv. to cache cache + -et -et

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ca·chet Audio Help (kā-shā') Pronunciation Key
n.

A mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity: "Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack" (Christian Science Monitor).
A seal on a document, such as a letter.
1. A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event.
2. A motto forming part of a postal cancellation.
A kind of wafer capsule formerly used by pharmacists for presenting an unpleasant-tasting drug.

[French, from Old French, from cacher, to press; see cache.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
cachet

1639, Scottish borrowing of Fr. cachet "seal affixed to a letter or document," from O.Fr. cacher "to press, crowd," from L. coactare "constrain" (see cache). Meaning evolving through "(letter under) personal stamp (of the king)" to "prestige."

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cachet
noun
1.	an indication of approved or superior status
2.	a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
3.	a seal on a letter

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

ca·chet (k-sh)
n.

An edible wafer capsule used for enclosing an unpleasant-tasting drug.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ca·chet
Pronunciation: ka-'shA
Function: noun
: a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually of rice-flour paste containing an unpleasant-tasting medicine called also wafer, wafer capsule

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Cachet

Cach"et\, n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.

Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.

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