chaussée
See also: Chaussee
English
Noun
chaussée (plural chaussées)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.se/
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Etymology 1
From Old French chauciee, chaucie, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta; there is dispute as to whether this is from Latin calx (“lime”) or its homonym, calx (“heel”) (through the verb calciāre (“stamp, tread on”)). Compare English causeway.
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Etymology 2
Further reading
- “chaussée” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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