chassé-croisé

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from French chassés-croisés. By surface analysis, chassés +‎ croisés. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/ (US) IPA(key): /ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Noun === chassé-croisé (plural chassés-croisés or chassé-croisés) (dance) A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left. (figurative, dated) A situation in which things swap, shuffle, cross over or cross past each other in some way. A role reversal. Synonym: switch-up Comings and goings; hustle and bustle. === Further reading === “chassé-croisé, noun.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.se.kʁwa.ze/ === Noun === chassé-croisé m (plural chassés-croisés) (dance) chassé-croisé (a figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left) (figurative) any movement of people; (specifically) a large number of simultaneous departures and arrivals in holiday seasons, often resulting in traffic congestion ==== Descendants ==== → English: chassés-croisés ==== See also ==== aoûtien juillettiste === Further reading === “chassé-croisé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 chassé-croisé entre les juillettistes et les aoûtiens on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr