chaise

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaise. Doublet of chair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz

Noun

chaise (plural chaises)

1. An open, horse-drawn carriage for one or two people, usually with one horse and two wheels.
   • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]

     The next morning after breakfast, Joe put Merrylegs into the mistress's low chaise to take him to the vicarage; he came first and said good bye to us, and Merrylegs neighed to us from the yard.

2. A chaise longue.
3. A post chaise.

Anagrams

• Sachie

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French

Etymology

Originally, simply a variant of chaire. From Middle French chaire, inherited from Latin cathedra (“seat”), a borrowing from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra). Doublet of chaire and cathèdre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

chaise f (plural chaises)

1. chair, seat.

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Scheese
• → English: chaise

Further reading

• “chaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• séchai

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Irish

Adjective

chaise

1. Lenited form of caise.

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Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

chaise

1. Lenited form of cas.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
caise	chaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.