chassis
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chassis (plural chassis)
- A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
- The base frame of a motor vehicle.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout […] stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .
- A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
- (slang) A woman's buttocks.
Translations[edit]
base frame of motor vehicle
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frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Further reading[edit]
- chassis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- chassis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- chassis at OneLook Dictionary Search
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene)
- a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle)
References[edit]
- “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)
- a chassis (underframe)
References[edit]
- “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
chassis
- indefinite genitive singular of chassi
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