cau|se|rie

cau|se|rie
cau|se|rie «KOH zuh REE; French kohz REE», noun.
1. an informal talk or discussion; chat: »

His attractive and most vivacious wife, whose conversational impulses have a wonderful way of advancing, instead of interrupting, a causerie (New York Times).

2. a short, informal written article, as in a periodical.
[< French causerie < Old French causer talk, learned borrowing from Latin causārī plead a (legal) cause, dispute < causa cause]

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  • Causerie — Cau|se|rie 〈[kozə ] f. 19; veraltet〉 Plauderei, leichte Unterhaltung [frz., „Plauderei“] * * * Cau|se|rie [kozə ri:], die; , n [frz. causerie, zu: causer = sich unterhalten, plaudern] (bildungsspr. veraltet): unterhaltsame Plauderei. * * *… …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Causerie — Cau|se|rie [kozə ri:] die; , ...ien <aus gleichbed. fr. causerie zu causer »plaudern«> unterhaltsame Plauderei …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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