chassis

Alternative forms

• châssis

Etymology

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/
  • Plural: IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæsiz/, /ˈʃæsiz/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæzi/
• Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi

Noun

chassis (plural chassis)

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.

Further reading

• chassis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• chassis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• chassis at OneLook Dictionary Search

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

• “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From French châssis

Noun

chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa)

1. a chassis (underframe)

References

• “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

chassis

1. indefinite genitive singular of chassi