chute

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʃuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʃut/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ʃʉt/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ʃɪu̯t/ Rhymes: -uːt Homophone: shoot (most accents) === Etymology 1 === From French chute. ==== Noun ==== chute (plural chutes) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. A waterfall or rapid. A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo. Coordinate term: brake (horse racing) An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of parachute. ==== Noun ==== chute (plural chutes) (informal) A parachute. (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted) (informal, intransitive) To parachute. === Further reading === “chute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === chuet, teuch == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃute/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t̪e] Rhymes: -ute Syllabification: chu‧te === Interjection === chute shh! Synonym: chutón === Further reading === Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “chute”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “chute”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃyt/ Homophone: chut === Etymology 1 === From a merger of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *cadūta) and cheoite (from Vulgar Latin cadecta), both feminine past participles of cheoir, whence modern choir (compare chu). ==== Noun ==== chute f (plural chutes) fall une chute libre ― a free fall un point de chute ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) Sa chute lui a été fatale. ― His fall was fatal. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. Near-synonyms: averse, précipitations une chute de neige ― a snowfall de violentes chutes de grêle ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) fall, drop (e.g. in price) la chute des prix ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) la chute du cours du rouble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) une chute de tension ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) fall, collapse, downfall Near-synonym: effondrement la chute de l'Empire romain d'Occident ― the fall of the Western Roman Empire ellipsis of chute d'eau waterfall Synonym: cascade Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara. ― We're not far from Niagara Falls. punch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect) Attendez la chute. ― Wait for the conclusion. final part of an ensemble or a shape la chute des reins ― the bottom of the backside ===== Derived terms ===== parachute === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chute inflection of chuter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “chute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “chute”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “chute” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. == Norman == === Adjective === chute (masculine chu) (continental) feminine singular of chu Je vouorreis byin avaer chute belle veiteure ! ― I would like to have this beautiful car ! == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi, -utɨ Hyphenation: chu‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English shoot. First attested in 1902 as shoot and 1920 as chute, initially referring to soccer and later expanded to any kind of kick. Doublet of chuto. ==== Alternative forms ==== shoot (pre-standardization spelling) ==== Noun ==== chute m (plural chutes) kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot) Synonym: pontapé (sports) shot; kick (act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal) Synonym: chuto (Brazil, informal) hunch, guess (prediction about the outcome of something) Synonyms: palpite, suposição, opinião ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== chute inflection of chutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === “chute”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chute”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “chute”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “chute”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “chute”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃute/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t̪e] Rhymes: -ute Syllabification: chu‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English shoot. Doublet of chuto. ==== Noun ==== chute m (plural chutes) (slang) shot (of heroin) (colloquial, El Salvador) a meddlesome person; a meddler Synonym: entrometido ==== Adjective ==== chute m or f (masculine and feminine plural chutes) (colloquial, El Salvador) meddlesome, nosy Synonym: entrometido === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== chute inflection of chutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Mayan shute. ==== Noun ==== chute m (plural chutes) alternative spelling of chucte === Further reading === “chute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025