chassis

== English == === Alternative forms === châssis === Etymology === Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”). === Pronunciation === (singular) (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃasɪj/, /ˈʃasɪj/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈʃæzi/ (plural) (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæsiz/, /ˈʃæsiz/, /ˈt͡ʃæsi/, /ˈʃæsi/ (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃasɪjz/, /ˈʃasɪjz/, /ˈt͡ʃasɪj/, /ˈʃasɪj/ Rhymes: -æsi, -æzi === Noun === chassis (plural chassis) The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle. Coordinate term: coachwork Near-synonym: undercarriage A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward. (slang) A woman's buttocks. Coordinate term: undercarriage ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “chassis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “chassis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “chassis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.si/ === Noun === chassis m (invariable) (North America) window === Further reading === “chassis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French châssis. === Noun === chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis or chassiser, definite plural chassisa or chassisene) a chassis (underframe, especially of a vehicle) === References === “chassis” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From French châssis. === Noun === chassis n (definite singular chassiset, indefinite plural chassis, definite plural chassisa) a chassis (underframe) === References === “chassis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: chas‧sis === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== chassis m (invariable) alternative form of chassi === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== chassis plural of chassi === Further reading === “chassis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Swedish == === Noun === chassis indefinite genitive singular of chassi