chasse

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See also: Chasse, chassé, and châsse

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French chassé.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɑˈseɪ/, /ʃəˈseɪ/, /ʃæˈseɪ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

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chasse (plural chasses)

  1. Alternative spelling of chassé
Translations
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Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chasse (plural chasses)

  1. Ellipsis of chasse-café.

Etymology 3

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

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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chasse (plural chasses)

  1. A reliquary casket.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chasse f (plural chasses)

  1. hunt, hunting
    chasse à l’hommemanhunt
    chasse au trésortreasure hunt
    chasse aux sorcièreswitch hunt

Usage notes

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  • Can be followed by a prepositional phrase introduced by à to indicate the object of the hunt.

Derived terms

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Verb

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chasse

  1. inflection of chasser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus.

Pronunciation

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  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʃasə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈʃasə/

Noun

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

  1. chest; trunk (large container)

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • French: châsse
    • English: chase
  • Middle English: chasse