chassis

chassis

See also: Chassis and châssis

English

Alternative forms

• châssis

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
  • Plural: IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsiz/, /ˈʃæsiz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæzi/

  • Audio (AU)

    (file)

• Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi

Noun

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:

     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.

Derived terms

• hot chassis

Translations

base frame, or movable railway

Bulgarian: платформа (bg) f (platforma) Macedonian: платфо́рма f (platfórma) Portuguese: chassi (pt) m, chassis m pl

base frame of motor vehicle

Arabic: شَاصِي‎ (šāṣī), هَيْكَل‎ m (haykal) Gulf Arabic: شاصي‎ m (šāṣī) Hijazi Arabic: شاسيه‎ m (šāsē) Belarusian: шасі́ n (šasí) Bulgarian: шаси́ (bg) n (šasí) Chinese: Mandarin: 底盤／底盘 (zh) (dǐpán) Czech: podvozek m, šasi n Danish: chassis n Esperanto: ĉasio Faroese: undirgrind f, undirstell n Finnish: alusta (fi), runko (fi) French: châssis (fr) m German: Chassis (de) n, Fahrgestell (de) n Greek: σασί (el) n (sasí) Hungarian: alváz (hu), váz (hu) Indonesian: sasis (id) Italian: châssis m Japanese: シャシ (shashi), シャーシ (shāshi), シャシー (shashī) Korean: 섀시 (syaesi) Macedonian: ша́сија f (šásija) Norwegian: Bokmål: chassis n Nynorsk: chassis n Polish: podwozie (pl) n Portuguese: chassi (pt) m, chassis m Romanian: șasiu (ro) Russian: шасси́ (ru) n (šassí) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шасија f Roman: šasija (sh) f Slovak: podvozok m Spanish: chasis (es) m Swedish: chassi (sv) n Tagalog: tsasis Thai: แชสซี (th) (chaetsi) Ukrainian: шасі́ n (šasí) Vietnamese: sát-xi, khung gầm

frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment

Finnish: runko (fi); asennuspohja; räkki (fi) German: Gehäuse (de) n Hungarian: doboz (hu), keret (hu) Indonesian: sasis (id) Macedonian: ко́рпус m (kórpus) Norwegian: Bokmål: chassis n Nynorsk: chassis n Polish: obudowa (pl) f Portuguese: chassi (pt) m, chassis m or m pl Swedish: chassi (sv) n

Further reading

• chassis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• chassis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• chassis at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.si/

Verb

chassis

1. (Canada) window

Further reading

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

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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

• “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French châssis.

Noun

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

1. a chassis (underframe)

References

• “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French châssis.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsiʃ/

• Hyphenation: chas‧sis

Noun

chassis m (invariable)

1. Alternative form of chassi

Noun

chassis

1. plural of chassi

References

1. “chassis” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “chassis” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Swedish

Noun

chassis

1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi.