chasse

See also: Chasse, chassé, and châsse

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chassé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑˈseɪ/, /ʃəˈseɪ/, /ʃæˈseɪ/

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Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. Alternative spelling of chassé

Translations

gliding step (noun)

• French: pas chassé m

Verb

chasse (third-person singular simple present chasses, present participle chasseing, simple past and past participle chassed or chasseed)

1. Alternative spelling of chassé

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæs/, /ʃɑːs/

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. Ellipsis of chasse-café

Etymology 3

From Middle English chasse, variant of case, from Old French chasse. Doublet of case.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæs/

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. A reliquary casket.

Anagrams

• Sachse, cashes, chases

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French

Etymology

From Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, deverbal of chacier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃas/

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Noun

chasse f (plural chasses)

1. hunt
2. hunting

Derived terms

• avion de chasse
• chasse à courre
• chasse à l'homme
• chasse au trésor
• chasse aux sorcières
• chasse d'eau
• chasse gardée
• chasse patate
• chien de chasse
• cor de chasse
• couteau de chasse
• fusil de chasse
• pilote de chasse
• prendre en chasse
• qui part à la chasse perd sa place
• qui va à la chasse perd sa place
• tableau de chasse
• terrain de chasse
• trompe de chasse

 

Verb

chasse

1. first-person singular present indicative of chasser
2. third-person singular present indicative of chasser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chasser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of chasser
5. second-person singular imperative of chasser

See also

• châsse

Further reading

• “chasse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• saches, séchas

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Old French

Alternative forms

• (Old Northern French) casse, caisse, case

Etymology

From Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃa.sə/

Noun

chasse f (oblique plural chasses, nominative singular chasse, nominative plural chasses)

1. chest; trunk (large container)

Synonyms

• malle

Descendants

• French: châsse