chasse

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See also: Chasse, chassé, and châsse

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chassé.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

  1. Alternative spelling of chassé
Translations

Verb

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

  1. Ellipsis of chasse-café.

Etymology 3

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

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Pronunciation

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

  1. A reliquary casket.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

chasse f (plural chasses)

  1. hunt, hunting
    chasse à l’homme ― manhunt
    chasse au trésor ― treasure hunt
    chasse aux sorcières ― witch hunt
    chasse aux œufs ― Easter egg hunt
    chasse à la baleine ― whaling

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Verb

chasse

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

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. chest; trunk (large container)

Synonyms

Descendants

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