chassis
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃæzi/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi
Noun
[edit]chassis (plural chassis)
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- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]base frame, or movable railway
base frame of motor vehicle
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frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
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Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chassis m (plural chassis)
Further reading
[edit]- “chassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene)
- a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle)
References
[edit]- “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)
- a chassis (underframe)
References
[edit]- “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French châssis.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: chas‧sis
Noun
[edit]chassis m (invariable)
- Alternative form of chassi
Noun
[edit]chassis
References
[edit]- ^ “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
[edit]Noun
[edit]chassis
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