Polyglot Dictionary

caserne

/ka.zɛʁn/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les casernes

Meaning

  1. barracks

    • Les recrues dorment à la caserne.

      The recruits sleep in the barracks.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Kaserne

Kaserne is the German word for the same thing — both mean "barracks."

Spanish

cuartel

cuartel is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "barracks."

Portuguese

quartel

quartel is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "barracks."

Practice

1 What does caserne mean?

2 Fill the gap: Les recrues dorment à la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches caserne?

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