casquer

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kas.ke/ === Etymology 1 === From Italian cascare (“to fall”). Sense 2 is a development of sense 1. ==== Verb ==== casquer (intransitive) to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance (ambitransitive) to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money) === Etymology 2 === From casque, perhaps influenced by an analysis of casqué (which predates casquer) as a past participle. ==== Verb ==== casquer (transitive) to cover with (something resembling) a helmet (reflexive) to put on (something resembling) a helmet ===== Conjugation ===== === Further reading === “casquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012