cache

== English == === Etymology 1 === From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) enPR: kăsh, IPA(key): /kæʃ/; (US, Australian) enPR: kăsh, kāsh, IPA(key): /kæʃ/, /keɪʃ/; (proscribed) /kæˈʃeɪ/, /ˈkæʃ.eɪ/ Rhymes: -æʃ Rhymes: -eɪʃ Homophones: cash, cachet (for the proscribed pronunciation) (Australian) IPA(key): /kæɪʃ/ Rhymes: -eɪʃ ==== Noun ==== cache (plural caches) A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons. Hyponyms: bear cache, food cache Near-synonym: stash (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium. Hyponyms: browser cache, template cache, webcache (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game. Synonym: geocache ===== Usage notes ===== Not to be confused with cachet. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== cache (third-person singular simple present caches, present participle caching, simple past and past participle cached) (transitive) To place in a cache. (transitive, computing) To store data in a cache. (intransitive) To participate in geocaching. (transitive) To hide or seek a geocache. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) to store up, stockpile ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: cachen ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== coagulate cogent squat ==== References ==== JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cache Misspelling of cachet. === See also === cache-sexe === Anagrams === Chace, chace == Danish == === Etymology === From English cache. === Noun === cache c (singular definite cachen, plural indefinite cacher) (computing) cache ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== buffer cachehukommelse ==== Derived terms ==== cachehukommelse cachememory === Further reading === “cache” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English cache. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɛʃ/ Hyphenation: cache Rhymes: -ɛʃ Homophone: cash ==== Noun ==== cache c (plural caches, no diminutive) (computing) cache (fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium) cache, geocache Synonym: geocache ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (1st and 2nd person singular, imperative) IPA(key): /kɛʃ/ Hyphenation: cache Rhymes: -ɛʃ Homophone: cash (subjunctive) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ʃə/ Hyphenation: ca‧che Rhymes: -ɛʃə Homophone: cashe ==== Verb ==== cache inflection of cachen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == French == === Etymology === From cacher. In the sense "cover, mask", a clipping of cache-œil, cache-nez, etc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʃ/ === Noun === cache f (plural caches) cache, hiding place for later retrieval ==== Derived terms ==== cachette ==== Descendants ==== → English: cache (see there for further descendants) === Noun === cache m (plural caches) cover, mask (computing) cache === Verb === cache inflection of cacher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Compare gache. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈkɑt͡ʃɪ] ==== Interjection ==== cache! shoo! (said to pigs) Synonyms: gache, isca, xo ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cache”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cache”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cache”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cache inflection of cachar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == German == === Verb === cache inflection of cachen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cache; ellipsis of memoria cache. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaʃ/* Rhymes: -aʃ === Adjective === cache (invariable) (computing, relational) cache === Noun === cache f (invariable) (computing) cache === Further reading === cache in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === acché == Norman == === Etymology === Middle French cache, from Northern Old French cache, deverbal of cachier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑ.ʃ/ === Noun === cache m (plural caches) hunt, hunting cache à l'houme ― manhunt cache oû trésor ― treasure hunt cache ès œufs ― Easter egg hunt === Verb === cache first-person singular present indicative of cachi third-person singular present indicative of cachi first-person singular present subjunctive of cachi third-person singular present subjunctive of cachi second-person singular imperative of cachi == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English cache. === Noun === cache m (definite singular cachen, indefinite plural cacher, definite plural cachene) a cache (computing, geocaching) === References === “cache_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English cache. === Noun === cache m (definite singular cachen, indefinite plural cachar, definite plural cachane) a cache (computing, geocaching) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English cache. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɛʂ/, /ˈkaʂ/ Rhymes: -ɛʂ, -aʂ Syllabification: cache Homophones: karz, kasz, każ === Noun === cache m inan (computing) cache (fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium) Synonym: pamięć podręczna ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cache”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “cache”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) cache in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English cache, from French cache (“hiding place”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛʃi, (Brazil) -aʃi, (Portugal) -aʃɨ Hyphenation: ca‧che ==== Noun ==== cache m or f (plural caches) (computing) cache (fast temporary storage for frequently used information) Synonym: memória cache ===== Usage notes ===== Masculine in Brazil, feminine in Portugal. === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: ca‧che ==== Verb ==== cache inflection of cachar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative inflection of cachir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cache”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cache”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃe/ [ˈka.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -atʃe Syllabification: ca‧che === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== cache inflection of cachar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Unadapted borrowing from English cache. ==== Noun ==== cache m (plural caches) alternative form of caché (“temporary storage”) ===== Usage notes ===== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.