cahier

[ ka-yey, kah-; French ka-yey ]

noun

, plural ca·hiers [ka-, yeyz, kah-, k, a, -, yey].

1. Bookbinding. a number of sheets of paper or leaves of a book placed together, as for binding.
2. a report of the proceedings of any body:

   A cahier of the committee was presented to the legislature.

3. (italics) French.
   1. notebook; exercise book; journal.
   2. paperback book.

cahier

/ kaje /

noun

1. a notebook
2. a written or printed report, esp of the proceedings of a meeting

Word History and Origins

Origin of cahier¹

1835–45; < French; Middle French quaer gathering (of sheets of a book); quire ¹

Example Sentences

The Post's cahier against Hagel covers the Pentagon budget and Iran's nuclear capability (surprised they left Israel out).

From The Daily Beast

Cahier, Caractéristique des saints dans l'art populaire, vol.

From Project Gutenberg

Marise looked down at the cahier, its pages as blank as when she had sat down.

From Project Gutenberg

Father took up the cahier and looked at the paper hard, scratching it a little with his finger-nail.

From Project Gutenberg

The constitutional changes proposed by the formal cahier of the third estate were of an equally radical character.

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Recently a cahier—incomplete to be sure, but indubitably Stendhal's—was found and printed.

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