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cassis

[ ka-sees; French ka-sees ]

noun

  1. (italics) French.
    1. a black currant.
    2. a brandy distilled from black currants.


cassis

/ kɑːˈsiːs /

noun

  1. a blackcurrant cordial


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cassis1

From French

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cassis1

C19: from French

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Example Sentences

Aligoté is traditionally the wine blended with creme de cassis liqueur to make a kir cocktail.

The air smells like lavender and another fruity scent I later learn is cassis.

From Time

The drinks here, like the Blackwatch (with Johnny Walker Black, creme de cassis, and Becherovka), are far from pedantic.

After dinner, when the coffee and cassis had been drunk, Madame Regnier invited Stella to play to them.

Larousses dictionary says that good liqueurs were made at Cassis in Provence.

He who has seen Paris, and has not seen Cassis, may say, "I have seen nothing."

Before we left, we were compelled to accept a thimbleful of cassis, most delectable, and to promise to return very soon.

The entire account of this Cassis was interpolated by Linnus in the pages of his amanuensis.

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