chaussure

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French chausser

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Latin -(ā)tūram

Old French -(ë)ure

French -ure

French chaussurebor.

English chaussure

Borrowed from French chaussure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəʊˈsjʊɚ/, /ʃəʊˈsʊɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

chaussure (plural chaussures)

1. (dated) Any footwear.

References

• “chaussure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• urachuses

French

Etymology

From chausser +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.syʁ/

  • Audio; “une chaussure”:

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  • Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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  • Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [ʃo.syɾ]
• Homophone: chaussures

Noun

chaussure f (plural chaussures)

1. shoe

   Synonyms: (dated outside North America) soulier m, (informal) godasse f, (informal) pompe f

   trouver chaussure à son pied ― to find what one is looking for, to find what one wants, to find the right fit for on (literally, “to find a shoe for one's foot / that fits one's foot”)

2. the shoe industry

   travailler dans la chaussure ― to work in the shoe industry

Usage notes

• Grammatically masculine in Louisiana.
• The synonym soulier is more common in North America, including Louisiana and Canada.

Related terms

• chaussette
• chausson

Further reading

• “chaussure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2010; →ISBN; →ISBN), p. 127