chassis

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See also: Chassis and châssis

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (case).

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chassis (plural chassis)

The chassis of a bus (2)
  1. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  2. 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, … .
  3. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  4. (slang) A woman's buttocks.

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French

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chassis m (plural chassis)

  1. (North America) window

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French châssis.

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chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene)

  1. a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French châssis.

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chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)

  1. a chassis (underframe)

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French châssis.[1][2]

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  • Hyphenation: chas‧sis

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chassis m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of chassi

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chassis

  1. plural of chassi

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  1. ^ chassis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chassis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Swedish

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Noun

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chassis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi