caisse claire
French, noun/kɛs klɛʁ/
caisse claire is a French feminine noun meaning “snare drum, snare, side drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tambour assez peu profond, dont la deuxième peau est munie d’un petit ressort métallique qui lui donne son…”.
What does caisse claire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesnare drum, snare, side drum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tambour assez peu profond, dont la deuxième peau est munie d’un petit ressort métallique qui lui donne son timbre caractéristique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caisse claire
- caisses claires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caisse claire?
- /kɛs klɛʁ/
- \kɛs klɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caisse claire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.