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Webster 1913 Edition


Chute

Chute

,
Noun.
[F.
chute
, prop. a fall.]
1.
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.
2.
See
Shoot
.

Definition 2024


chute

chute

See also: chuté

English

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

  1. 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.
  2. parachute

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Translations


French

Etymology

From a refection of Old French chëue, chue (from Vulgar Latin *caduta) based on cheoite (corresponding to an analogous Vulgar Latin form *cadecta), feminine past participle of cheoir, the older form of choir. Compare chu, past participle of choir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃyt/
  • Homophones: chut

Noun

chute f (plural chutes)

  1. fall
    Sa chute lui a été fatale. - His fall was fatal.
  2. fall, drop (e.g. in price)
  3. waterfall
    Nous ne sommes plus très loins des chutes du Niagara. - We're not far from Niagara Falls.
  4. conclusion (of a joke or a story, i.e. the last words that bring the comic effect or the conclusion)
    Attendez la chute (de cette blague) - Wait for the conclusion (of the joke)
  5. final part of an ensemble or a shape
    La chute des rein - the bottom of the backside (in the human body)

Synonyms

Verb

chute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chuter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of chuter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
  5. second-person singular imperative of chuter

Portuguese

Noun

chute m (plural chutes)

  1. kick

Spanish

Verb

chute

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chutar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chutar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chutar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of chutar.