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/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃæzi/
    • (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

Translations

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

  1. (Canada) 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)

References


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French châssis.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • 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.

Swedish

Noun

chassis

  1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi.
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