cache

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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, General Australian) enPR: kăsh, kāsh, IPA^(key): /kæʃ/, /keɪʃ/; (proscribed) /kæˈʃeɪ/, /ˈkæʃ.eɪ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ
• Rhymes: -eɪʃ
• Homophones: cash, cachet (for the proscribed pronunciation)
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kæɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃ

Noun

cache (plural caches)

1. A store, protected or hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly.

2. (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
3. (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with cachet.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

cache (third-person singular simple present caches, present participle caching, simple past and past participle cached)

1. (transitive) To place in a cache.
2. (transitive, computing) To store data in a cache.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

• coagulate
• cogent
• squat

References

• JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cache (plural caches)

1. Misspelling of cachet.

See also

• cache-sexe

Anagrams

• Chace, chace

Danish

Etymology

From English cache.

Noun

cache c (singular definite cachen, plural indefinite cacher)

1. (computing) cache

Declension

Synonyms

• buffer
• cachehukommelse

Derived terms

• cachehukommelse
• cachememory

Further reading

• “cache” in Den Danske Ordbog

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)

1. cache, hiding place for later retrieval

Derived terms

• cachette

Descendants

• → English: cache (see there for further descendants)

Noun

cache m (plural caches)

1. cover, mask
2. (computing) cache

Verb

cache

1. inflection of cacher:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. 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!

1. 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

1. inflection of cachar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Verb

cache

1. inflection of cachen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cache.

Adjective

cache (invariable)

1. (computing, relational) cache

Noun

cache f (invariable)

1. (computing) cache

Further reading

• cache in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• acché

Norman

Verb

cache

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cache.

Noun

cache m (definite singular cachen, indefinite plural cacher, definite plural cachene)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cache in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• 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)

1. (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

1. inflection of cachar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of cachir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ʃe/ [ˈka.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Syllabification: ca‧che

Etymology 1

Verb

cache

1. inflection of cachar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English cache.

Noun

cache m (plural caches)

1. 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.