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chassé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃæseɪ/ (UK)
  • /ʃæˈseɪ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chassé.

Meanings

  1. A gliding movement in dance (especially ballet) with the same foot always leading.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chassés Number=Plur lexicographic
chasse alternative lexicographic

Relateds

chassé-croisé

Translations (2)

fr pas chassé (gliding movement in dance) · pl chassé (gliding movement in dance)

chassé en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈʃæseɪ/ (UK)
  • /ʃæˈseɪ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chassé.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To perform this step.
  2. (slang, transitive) To dismiss.
    • Garrick soon found out this double dealing, and chasséd him promptly. 1868, Percy Fitzgerald, The Life of David Garrick, page 32:
    • We believe that this sans-culotte Pillet or Pillard, Pendard or Fuyard, was so put to his shifts that the want of both might have chasséd him from decent society. 1817, The Literary Gazette:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chasséed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chasséed Tense=Past lexicographic
chasse alternative lexicographic
chasséing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chassés Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chasséd Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chasséd Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

sashay

Translations (6)

pl wykonać chassé (to perform a chassé) · bg пръждосам ((slang) to dismiss — see also dismiss) · pl wykonywać chassé (to perform a chassé) · pl odrzucać ((slang) to dismiss — see also dismiss) · bg пръждосвам ((slang) to dismiss — see also dismiss) · pl odrzucić ((slang) to dismiss — see also dismiss)