chute
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French chute
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Wikipedia chute (plural chutes)
- A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- parachute
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tube
parachute
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From a refection of Old French chëue, chue (from Vulgar Latin *caduta) based on cheoite (corresponding to an analogous Vulgar Latin form *cadecta), feminine past participle of cheoir, the older form of choir. Cf. chu, past participle of choir.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
chute f (plural chutes)
- fall
- Sa chute lui a été fatale. - His fall was fatal.
- fall, drop (e.g. in price)
- waterfall
- Nous ne sommes plus très loins des chutes du Niagara. - We're not far from Niagara Falls.
Synonyms [edit]
- (waterfall): cascade
Verb [edit]
chute
- first-person singular present indicative of chuter
- third-person singular present indicative of chuter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
- second-person singular imperative of chuter
Portuguese [edit]
Noun [edit]
chute m (plural chutes)
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
chute (infinitive chutar)
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- English terms derived from French
- English terms with homophones
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- French countable nouns
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- Portuguese nouns
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
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- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
