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)
![](Images/wiktionary/Un_chasis_d'un_bus.jpg.webp)
The chassis of a bus (2)
- 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:
- 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, … .
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- A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
- (slang) A woman's buttocks.
Derived terms
- hot chassis
Translations
base frame, or movable railway
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base frame of motor vehicle
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frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
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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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.si/
Verb
chassis
- (Canada) window
Further reading
- “chassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French châssis.
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
From French châssis.
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
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃaˈsiʃ/
- Hyphenation: chas‧sis
Noun
chassis m (invariable)
- Alternative form of chassi
Noun
chassis
- plural of chassi
References
- “chassis” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “chassis” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Swedish
Noun
chassis
- indefinite genitive singular of chassi.