chassis

See also: Chassis and châssis

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
    • Plural: IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsiz/, /ˈʃæsiz/, /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃæzi/
    • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi

Noun

chassis (plural chassis)

  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.
    Coordinate term: coachwork
    • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.si/

Noun

chassis m (plural chassis)

  1. (North America) window

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French châssis.

Noun

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

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French châssis.

Noun

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

  1. a chassis (underframe)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: chas‧sis

Etymology 1

Noun

chassis m (invariable)

  1. alternative form of chassi

Etymology 2

Noun

chassis

  1. plural of chassi

Swedish

Noun

chassis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi