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Webster 1913 Edition


Chasse

Chasˊsé′

(shȧsˊsā̍′)
,
Noun.
[F., fr.
chassé
, p. p. of
chasser
to chase.]
1.
A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.

Chasˊsé′

,
Verb.
I.
(Dancing)
To make the movement called chassé;
as, all
chassé
;
chassé
to the right or left
.

Definition 2024


chasse

chasse

See also: chassé and châsse

English

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

  1. Alternative spelling of chassé
  2. A chasse-café.

Verb

chasse (third-person singular simple present chasses, present participle chasseing, simple past and past participle chassed)

  1. Alternative spelling of chassé
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French chasse.

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

  1. A reliquary casket.

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French

Etymology

Middle French chasse < Old French chace, deverbal of Old French chacier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃas/

Noun

chasse f (plural chasses)

  1. hunt
  2. hunting

Derived terms

Verb

chasse

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃa.sə/
  • Homophone: chace
  • Rhymes: -asə

Noun

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

  1. chest; trunk (large container)

Synonyms

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