étui

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A small, ornamental bag or rigid container used for holding articles such as needles.
 * 2) * 1995, Thomas Mann, translated from the 1925 German by John E. Woods, "The Magic Mountain", Alfred A. Knopf, 1995, p. 46:
 * And from a buff leather etui monogrammed in silver, he extracted one of his Maria Mancinis-- a lovely specimen from the top of the box, flattened on just one side the way he especially liked it [...].
 * 1) * 1995, Thomas Mann, translated from the 1925 German by John E. Woods, "The Magic Mountain", Alfred A. Knopf, 1995, p. 46:
 * And from a buff leather etui monogrammed in silver, he extracted one of his Maria Mancinis-- a lovely specimen from the top of the box, flattened on just one side the way he especially liked it [...].
 * And from a buff leather etui monogrammed in silver, he extracted one of his Maria Mancinis-- a lovely specimen from the top of the box, flattened on just one side the way he especially liked it [...].

Etymology
, from, of origin.

Possibly a derivative of, itself possibly from , from ; or, more likely, of origin, related to 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) case for glasses, cigars, soap, a viola
 * 2) holster for a gun
 * 3) cover for an umbrella
 * 4) cartridge of a bullet