chaussure
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chaussure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃəʊˈsjʊə(ɹ)/, /ʃəʊˈsʊə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
chaussure (plural chaussures)
- (dated) A foot covering of any kind.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chaussure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- urachuses
French
Etymology
chausser + -ure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.syʁ/
audio (une chaussure) (file)
Noun
chaussure f (plural chaussures)
- shoe
- the shoe industry
Usage notes
- soulier is more common in Canada.
Synonyms
- soulier
- (informal) godasse, grolle
- (France, slang) pompe
Derived terms
- trouver chaussure à son pied
See also
- chaussette
Further reading
- “chaussure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.