chasse

See also: Chasse, chassé, and châsse

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowing from French chasse

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. Alternative spelling of chassé
2. A chasse-café.

Verb

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

1. Alternative spelling of chassé

Translations

gliding step (noun)

• French: pas chassé m

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French chasse.

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. A reliquary casket.

Anagrams

• cashes, chases

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French

Etymology

Middle French chasse < Old French chace, deverbal of Old French chacier.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ʃas/

Noun

chasse f (plural chasses)

1. hunt
2. hunting

Derived terms

• chasser

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of chasser
5. second-person singular imperative of chasser

See also

• châsse

Anagrams

• saches, séchas

Further reading

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

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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/
• Homophone: chace
• Rhymes: -asə

Noun

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

1. chest; trunk (large container)

Synonyms

• malle

Descendants

• French: châsse