Chaucer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Chaucer, from Old French chaucier (“hose-maker, hosier”), from chauces (“clothing for the legs, breeches, pantaloons, hose”). Compare the modern loanword chausse. === Pronunciation === enPR: chôʹsər (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔːsə/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔsɚ/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɑsɚ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɒsɚ/ (Standard Southern British, Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoːsə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔsəɾ/ Rhymes: -ɔːsə(ɹ) Hyphenation: Chau‧cer === Proper noun === Chaucer A rare medieval English surname from Old French. Geoffrey Chaucer, a 14th-century English poet and author, best remembered for The Canterbury Tales; (by extension) his works. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Armenian: Չոսեր (Čʻoser) → Japanese: チョーサー (Chōsā) → Mandarin: 喬叟／乔叟 (Qiáosǒu) → Russian: Чо́сер (Čóser) ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === Chaucere, Chauser, Chawcer === Etymology === from Old French chaucier (“hose-maker, hosier”), from chauces (“clothing for the legs, breeches, pantaloons, hose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃau̯ˈseːr/, /ˈt͡ʃau̯sər/ === Proper noun === Chaucer a medieval English surname from Old French (rare) Geoffrey Chaucer (14th-century English poet) ==== Descendants ==== English: Chaucer→ Armenian: Չոսեր (Čʻoser)→ Japanese: チョーサー (Chōsā)→ Mandarin: 喬叟／乔叟 (Qiáosǒu)→ Russian: Чо́сер (Čóser) Scots: Chaucer ==== References ==== “chaucēr, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 March 2019.