chasse

See also: Chasse, chassé, and châsse

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French chassé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑˈseɪ/, /ʃəˈseɪ/, /ʃæˈseɪ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. Alternative spelling of chassé

Translations

gliding step (noun)

• French: pas chassé m

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃæs/, /ʃɑːs/
• Rhymes: -æs, -ɑːs

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæs/
• Rhymes: -æs

Noun

chasse (plural chasses)

1. A reliquary casket.

Anagrams

• Sachse, cashes, chases

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃas/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: chassent, chasses (general), châsse, châsses (one 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

• avion de chasse
• chasse à courre
• chasse d’eau
• chasse gardée
• chasse patate
• chien de chasse
• cor de chasse
• couteau de chasse
• fusil de chasse
• pilote de chasse
• prendre en chasse
• qui part à la chasse perd sa place
• qui va à la chasse perd sa place
• tableau de chasse
• terrain de chasse
• trompe de chasse

 

Verb

chasse

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

See also

• châsse

Further reading

• “chasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• saches, séchas

Old French

Alternative forms

• casse, case, quase (northern)

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

• malle

Descendants

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