chute
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃ(j)uːt/
- Rhymes: -uːt
- Homophone: shoot
Noun
chute (plural chutes)
Derived terms
Translations
tube
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Etymology 2
Short for parachute.
Translations
parachute
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Verb
chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted)
- (informal, intransitive) To parachute.
Further reading
- chute at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
From a refashioning of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *caduta) based on cheoite (corresponding to an analogous Vulgar Latin form *cadecta), feminine past participle of cheoir, the older form of choir. Compare chu, past participle of choir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃyt/
audio (file) - Homophones: chut
Noun
chute f (plural chutes)
- fall
- Sa chute lui a été fatale.
- His fall was fatal.
- fall, drop (e.g. in price)
- waterfall
- Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara.
- We're not far from Niagara Falls.
- conclusion (of a joke or a story, i.e. the last words that bring the comic effect or the conclusion)
- Attendez la chute (de cette blague)
- Wait for the conclusion (of the joke)
- final part of an ensemble or a shape
- La chute des rein
- the bottom of the backside (in the human body)
Synonyms
- (waterfall): cascade
Verb
chute
Further reading
- “chute” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Spanish
Verb
chute
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