chassis
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃæzi/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi
Noun
chassis (plural chassis)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Un_chasis_d%27un_bus.jpg/170px-Un_chasis_d%27un_bus.jpg)
- A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
- The base frame of a motor vehicle.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout […] stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .
- A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
- (slang) A woman's buttocks.
Derived terms
Translations
base frame, or movable railway
base frame of motor vehicle
|
frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
|
Further reading
- “chassis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “chassis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “chassis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Pronunciation
Verb
chassis
Further reading
- “chassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene)
- a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle)
References
- “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)
- a chassis (underframe)
References
- “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French châssis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: chas‧sis
Noun
chassis m (invariable)
- Alternative form of chassi
Noun
chassis
References
- ^ “chassis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “chassis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Swedish
Noun
chassis
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/æsi
- Rhymes:English/æsi/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/æzi
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English terms with quotations
- English slang
- English heteronyms
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- North American French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with C
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese indeclinable nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese noun forms
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish noun forms