cache

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /kæʃ/ UK /kæʃ/ See IPA manual

Homophones

cash /kæʃ/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like catch /tʃ/ vs /ʃ/

Meanings

1

noun
a hidden store of supplies; to store away or in fast-access memory

They found a cache of weapons buried beneath the floorboards.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a hidden store of supplies;... hoard store stockpilestashreserve repository conceal stow

Word family

Derived forms cachingcached

Etymology

From French cache ('hiding place'), from cacher ('to hide'), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare ('to press together, store'), frequentative of Latin coactare, from cogere ('to compel').

cache French coactare Latin

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# cache

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kæʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /kæʃ/

## Meanings
1. a hidden store of supplies; to store away or in fast-access memory

## Examples
- They found a cache of weapons buried beneath the floorboards.

## Synonyms
- hoard
- store
- stockpile
- stash
- reserve
- repository
- conceal
- stow

## Derived Forms
- caching
- cached

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cache
- Root: coactare

## Etymology
From French cache ('hiding place'), from cacher ('to hide'), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare ('to press together, store'), frequentative of Latin coactare, from cogere ('to compel').

## AI Etymology
Cache comes from French cache ('hiding place'), from cacher ('to hide'), from Vulgar Latin *coacticare ('to press together, store'), frequentative of Latin coactare, from cogere ('to compel'). The historical trail runs through cache in French and coactare in Latin. Used as a noun and verb, cache now means "a hidden store of supplies; to store away or in fast-access memory", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as caching and cached. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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