coffre

From Middle French, from Old French cofre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔfʁ/

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coffre m (plural coffres)

1. chest, box
2. boot (UK), trunk (US) (luggage storage compartment of a vehicle, i.e. car)

• coffre-fort

coffre

1. first-person singular present indicative of coffrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of coffrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coffrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of coffrer
5. second-person singular imperative of coffrer

• “coffre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

coffre m (plural coffres)

1. box; chest