cache en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Australia, US)
- kăsh (UK)
- /kæɪʃ/ (Australia)
- (US) audio
- /kæʃ/ (Australia, US)
- (Canada) audio
- (Australia, US)
- kāsh (Australia, US)
- kăsh (Australia, US)
- (Australia) audio
- /kæʃ/ (UK)
- (UK) audio
- (US) audio
- /keɪʃ/ (Australia, US)
Etymology
From French cache (as used by French Canadian trappers to mean “hiding place for stores”), from the verb cacher (“to hide”).
Meanings
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A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. ▸ Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.
Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down caches to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from cache to cache on their return journey.
I came across a cache of old photos / And invitations to teenage parties
1990, Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, “Being Boring”, performed by Pet Shop Boys:Near-synonym: stash
- A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. ▸ A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
- A store, protected and often hidden in some way, of things that may be required in the future, such that they can be retrieved rapidly. ▸ A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| caches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subcache · femtocache · cacheable · multicache · cache stampede · cache busting · cacheless · Cache County · cache buster · geocache · cacheability · cache language model · uncache · cache-oblivious · Tête Jaune Cache
Descendants
кэш · cache · kȅš · caché · cache · cache · keš · ке̏ш · Cache · cache
Synonyms
Translations (94)
hu gyorsítótár (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · id tembolok (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nb hurtigminne (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nl geocache (geocaching: hidden container) · es memoria caché (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · he מַטְמוֹן (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ja キャッシュ (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ba кэш (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · vi bộ nhớ đệm (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nn cache (geocaching: hidden container) · mi whakaputunga (store) · fi välimuisti (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · lt talpykla (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nl cache (geocaching: hidden container) · et peidik (store) · ru схрон (store) · de Geocache (geocaching: hidden container) · nb cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · cs vyrovnávací paměť (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · he מַחְבּוֹא (store) · da cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · pt cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · dgr etsaa (store) · de Cache (geocaching: hidden container) · pl bufor (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · hu átmeneti tároló (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ru тайни́к (store) · bg запас (store) · hu átmeneti tár (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · fi varasto (store) · it memoria cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ro cache (technichal) (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · cs mezipaměť (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · hu gyorstároló (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ru запа́с (store) · ba һаҡлам (store) · cmn 緩存 /缓存 (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sv skattgömma (geocaching: hidden container) · es caché (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · no skjulested (store) · bg кеш (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · az keş (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · id khazanah (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · pl cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · mk кеш (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · he מִצְבּוֹר (store) · it ripostiglio (store) · fi geokätkö (geocaching: hidden container) · nl cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · pam talasaglisikapan (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sv cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · id singgahan (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · tr önbellek (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nn hurtigminne (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · hu gyorstár (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · pt memória cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · is skyndiminni (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · mi keteroki (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · fi kätkö (store) · pl pamięć podręczna (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sk vyrovnávacia pamäť (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · it cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sv gömma (geocaching: hidden container) · pl schowek (store) · et vahemälu (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · lt podėlis (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · af cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · eo kaŝmemoro (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nb mellomlager (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sk medzipamäť (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ko 캐시 (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ca cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · de Zwischenspeicher (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ru кэш (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · el κρυφή μνήμη (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · taa tso (store) · fr cache (geocaching: hidden container) · fr cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · ba запас (store) · cmn 快取 (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · nn cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · sv gömma (store) · sv cacheminne (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · aht tsaa (store) · nn mellomlager (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · de Cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · fi kätkö (geocaching: hidden container) · fr mémoire cache (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · it nascondiglio (store) · nb cache (geocaching: hidden container) · ca memòria cau (computing: fast temporary storage for data) · pt esconderijo (store) · he מַאֲגָר (store) · vi vùng nhớ đệm (computing: fast temporary storage for data)