chute
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]chute (plural chutes)
- A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
- A waterfall or rapid.
- The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]trough or tube
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waterfall or rapid
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Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]chute (plural chutes)
- (informal) A parachute.
- 2000, Callum Henderson, Asian Dawn, page 25:
- Yet the initial IMF rescue plan was far from the parachute which it professed to be – the chute did open briefly but only for it to "Roman candle", the hapless victim left to plummet to earth with a sickening thud.
- 2007, J. Joseph Higgins, The Splat Conspiracy: America in Peril, page 145:
- At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle , but in another moment, it popped.
- 2019, David Taylor, The First Helicopter Boys:
- On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers.
- (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.
Translations
[edit]parachute — see also parachute
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Verb
[edit]chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted)
- (informal, intransitive) To parachute.
Further reading
[edit]- “chute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From a merger of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *cadūta) and cheoite (from Vulgar Latin cadecta), both feminine past participles of cheoir, whence modern choir (compare chu).
Noun
[edit]chute f (plural chutes)
- fall
- Sa chute lui a été fatale. ― His fall was fatal.
- fall, drop (e.g. in price)
- fall, collapse, downfall
- Near-synonym: effondrement
- la chute de l’Empire romain d’Occident ― the fall of the Western Roman Empire
- waterfall
- Synonym: cascade
- Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara. ― We're not far from Niagara Falls.
- punch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect)
- Attendez la chute. ― Wait for the conclusion.
- final part of an ensemble or a shape
- la chute des reins ― the bottom of the backside
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]chute
- inflection of chuter:
Further reading
[edit]- “chute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “chute” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “chute” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Norman
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chute (masculine chu)
- (France) feminine singular of chu
- Je vouorreis byin avaer chute belle veiteure ! ― I would like to have this beautiful car !
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: chu‧te
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]chute m (plural chutes)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]chute
- inflection of chutar:
Further reading
[edit]- “chute”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “chute” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “chute”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “chute”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “chute”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from English shoot. Doublet of chuto.
Noun
[edit]chute m (plural chutes)
- (slang) shot (of heroin)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) a meddlesome person; a meddler
- Synonym: entrometido
Adjective
[edit]chute m or f (masculine and feminine plural chutes)
- (colloquial, El Salvador) meddlesome, nosy
- Synonym: entrometido
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]chute
- inflection of chutar:
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]chute m (plural chutes)
- Alternative spelling of chucte
Further reading
[edit]- “chute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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