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Definitions: Cachet |
CachetNoun1. An indication of approved or superior status. 2. French history: the king could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal. 3. A seal on a letter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cachet" was first used: 1639. (references) |
Etymology: Cachet \Cach"et\, noun. [French expression from cacher to hide.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Literature | Cachet (pron. cahshay). Lettres de cachet (letters sealed). Under the old French régime, carte-blanche warrants, sealed with the king's seal, might be obtained for a consideration, and the person who held them might fill in any name. Sometimes the warrant was to set a prisoner at large, but it was more frequently for detention in the Bastille. During the administration of Cardinal Fleury 80,000 of these cachets were issued, the larger number being against the Jansenists. In the reigns of Louis XV. and XVI. fifty-nine were obtained against the one family of Mirabeau. This scandal was abolished January 15th, 1790. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: CachetSynonyms: lettre de cachet (n), seal (n), seal of approval (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Restraint | Curb; (means of restraint); lettres de cachet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cachet |
| English words defined with "cachet": ADD ♦ bestow, bring ♦ contribute ♦ impart ♦ lend, lettre de cachet. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cachet": cachet of the customs service ♦ empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cachet" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (cachet, fee, mark, seal, signet, stamp, stamping, tablet, wafer), Italian (rinse). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Laurette ou le cachet rouge (1931) | |
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Economic History | Lebanon | American brands enjoy a certain cachet making them easily marketable, even at relatively higher prices. (references) |
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| "Cachet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.00% of the time. "Cachet" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cachet": cachet of the customs service ♦ empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use ♦ lettre de cachet ♦ lettres de cachet. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "cachet": Lion-cachet. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cachet | 80 |
cachet home | 24 |
cachet dress | 18 |
cachet clothing | 8 |
cachet estate home | 6 |
cachet product | 4 |
cachet de fabriquant | 3 |
cachet lady | 3 |
cachet escort | 3 |
cachet magazine | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cachet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vulë (band, die, hallmark, impression, indent, indentation, Mark, seal, stamp), trajtë tipike. (various references) | |
Arabic | كبسولة (cap, capsule), ختم (chop, close, conclude, frank, impress, impression, imprint, round off, seal, seal ring, sealing, set one's hand to, sign off, signet, stamp, stamp about, stamping, subscribe, wind up, wrap up), دمغة (batch, impress, imprint, stamp). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | щемпел (impress, puncheon, stamp), капсула (cap, capsule, percussion cap, primer, sheath, theca), елегантност (dash, distinction, elegance, elegancy, fineness, grace, gracefulness, graces, neatness, polish, style, stylishness), превъзходство (ascendant, excellence, excellency, odds, predominance, preeminence, preponderance, prepotency, primacy, superiority, supremacy, transcendence), печат (impress, press, print, seal, signet, stamp, surcharge). (various references) | |
Danish | toldmyndighedens påtegning (cachet of the customs service), oblatkapsler til laegemidler (empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), oblatkapsel (cachet shell). (various references) | |
Dutch | cachet (cachet shell), stempel van de douanedienst (cachet of the customs service), ouwelcapsule (empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), ouwel voor geneesmiddelen (empty cachet of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use), omhulsel van cachets (cachet shell). (various references) | |
Farsi | پهن (Abroad, Broad, Flat, Large, Mulch, Plain, Wide), مهر (Love, Pounce, Punch, Signet), کپسول (Capsule), کاشه , خاتم (Signet). (various references) | |
French | cachet. (various references) | |
German | Stempel (brand, die, fee stamp, hallmark, imprint, male plug, Mark, mine prop, pestle, pillar, pistil, piston, pit prop, pitprops, plunger, post, postmark, print, prop, punch, puncheon, seal, small floral ornament, stamp, stay, strut, stull), Merkmale (characteristics, features, leading particulars, tees). (various references) | |
Greek | σφραγίδα (brand, die, fee stamp, seal, stamp). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חותמת (rubber stamp, seal, signet, stamp), כמוס" (capsule), 'ושפ ק" (approval, authorization, seal). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kapszula (capsule). (various references) | |
Indonesian | setempel, setemeng, meterai (postage). (various references) | |
Italian | sigillo (seal, sealing device, signet, signets). (various references) | |
Manx | seal (seal, signet). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | achetcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cunho (belaying cleat, cleat, die, dinge, hallo, impress, imprint, mintage, nature, rubber stamp, saddle, seal, stamp), comprimido (compact, compressed, compressed good, pill, pressed good, resume, squeezed, tablet, tabloid), sinal distintivo (distinctive signal, guide mark, Mark, marking), selo (chop, fee stamp, label, postage stamp, rubber stamp, seal, stamp, tax stamp, the Great Seal), prova de autenticidade, pílula (dose, pellet, pill, pilule), hóstia (communion wafer, host, matzo, unleavened bread, wafer). (various references) | |
Romanian | caşetã (wafer), semn distinctiv (cognizance, distinguishing mark, ear-mark, label, Mark), semn de autenticitate. (various references) | |
Russian | капсула из крахмала, капсула для лекарства (capsule), отпечаток (dint, impress, impression, indentation, mintage, overprint, pressure, print, stamp), облатка (capsule, wafer), печать (impress, press, seal, signet, stamp). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pečat (brand, seal, signet, stamp), žig (brand, counter-mark, hallmark, incuse, mark, oil seal, signet, stamp). (various references) | |
Spanish | caché, sello de autenticidad. (various references) | |
Swedish | äkthetsstämpel. (various references) | |
Thai | คุ"สมบัติพิเศษที่ไ"้รับการชื่นชมและเป็นที่ยอมรับ. (various references) | |
Turkish | saygınlık (credit, esteem, grace, honor, honour, importance, notability, note, odor, odour, prestige, reputability, repute, respectability, standing, venerability), prestij (clout, prestige), mühür (chop, impress, seal, signature, signet), kapsül (capsular, capsule, cyst, detonating cap, module, primer), kaşe (seal, signature, stamp), fark (contradistinction, difference, differentiation, disparity, distinction, distinctness, gap, odds, variation), damga (brand, cancellation, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp, stigma), ayrıcalık (benefit, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, favour, franchise, immunity, incident, oracle, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, refusal, royalty, speciality), özellik (attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references) | |
Ukranian | характерна риса (attribute, characteristic, peculiarity), капсула (capsule), відбиток (impress, impression, imprint, indenture, mintage, overprint, press, pressure, print, seal, trace, track), печать (seal, signet). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nét đặc sắc dấu chứng thực, dấu đặc biệt. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coactare. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | cacher. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cachet": cacheted, cacheting, cachets. (additional references) | |
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"Cachet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Achmet, akhet, Bachet, cach, Cachan, cachar, cachce, cacher, cachett, cachette, cachex, cachey, cachit, Cacho, cahot, Calheta, Capcha, cashet, catcheth, catet, cathet, cche, Cecchetti, chache, chachem, Chakhoti, Clachlet, coche, cochito, hachet, jachet, kache, Kachel, keshet, Mccaherty, Shochat, wachet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cachet" (pronounced 'Cach"et'): Acquiet, Anet, Armet, Becket, Blushet, Brocket, Budget, Bushet, Chewet, Chuet, Claret, Clicket, Comet, Crevet, Crewet, Crocket, Crownet, Cruet, Crumpet, Divet, Evet, Flacket, Flasket, freshet, Gobet, grivet, Gromet, HATCHET, Howlet, Inquiet, Klicket, Latchet, Leafet, Levet, locket, Malet, midget, Miscovet, Moonet, Nidget, Nymphet, Owlet, Piet, Placket, Planchet, Planet, Plashet, Pledget, Poet, Poket, Popet, Porket, Pricket, Privet, Prophet, Puet, Purset, Pyet, ratchet, Rewet, Rillet, Rotchet, Scelet, Skelet, Smicket, Smilet, Snacket, Snecket, socket, Spleget, sprocket, Stacket, Sucket, suet, Tacket, Tapet, tenet, Teret, thicket, Topet, Treget, trivet, Tuet, Unrivet, Unsocket, valet, Verset, Wicket, Zaimet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-h-t" | |
-1 letter: cache, catch, cheat, tache, teach, theca. | |
-2 letters: ache, cate, ceca, chat, each, eath, etch, haet, hate, heat, tace, tach, thae. | |
-3 letters: ace, act, ate, cat, eat, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, tae, tea, the. | |
-4 letters: ae, ah, at, eh, et, ha, he, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-h-t" | |
+1 letter: cachets, catcher, catches, catechu, cathect. | |
+2 letters: atechnic, cachepot, cacheted, catchers, catchier, catechin, catechol, catechus, cathects, chatchke, cratches, hatcheck, hectical, seecatch. | |
+3 letters: architect, bacchante, cachectic, cachepots, cacheting, cacoethes, cartouche, catchable, catchiest, catchment, catchpole, catechins, catechism, catechist, catechize, catechols, cathected, cathectic, chanciest, character, chatchkes, checkmate, chocolate, facecloth, haecceity, schematic, scratched, scratcher, scratches, technical, theocracy, watchcase. | |
+4 letters: architects, bacchantes, cachinnate, carritches, cartouches, catchflies, catchments, catchpenny, catchpoles, catecheses, catechesis, catechisms, catechists, catechized, catechizer, catechizes, catechumen, cathecting, chalcocite, characters, charactery, chatoyance, checkmated, checkmates, choanocyte, chocolates, chocolatey, coelacanth, cowcatcher, czarevitch, dogcatcher, escharotic, facecloths, flycatcher, hectically, octarchies, outcatches, outcoached, outcoaches, schematics, scratchers, scratchier, seecatchie, stagecoach, technicals, technician, technocrat, tetrarchic, theocratic, trenchancy, watchcases, watchcries. | |
+5 letters: alchemistic, backstretch, cachinnated, cachinnates, calisthenic, catachreses, catachresis, catchphrase, catechismal, catechistic, catechizers, catechizing, catechumens, catholicate, catholicize, chalcocites, chanticleer, charactered, charcuterie, chatoyances, checkmating, chemotactic, chieftaincy, chitchatted, choanocytes, chocolatier, cholestatic, coelacanths, cowcatchers, cycadophyte, dogcatchers, escharotics, eucharistic, euchromatic, flycatchers, gnatcatcher, haecceities, mechanistic, scratchiest, stomachache, succotashes, technically, technicians, technocracy, technocrats, theocracies, uncatchable, untechnical, weathercock. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 63 68 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- -.-. .... . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01100011 01101000 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a c h e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0063 0068 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)376769747186 |
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