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chassé-croisé

UK/ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/US/ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/

chassé-croisé noun: a figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.

Noun

chassé-croisé (plural chassés-croisés or chassé-croisés)

  1. A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.
  2. (dated, figuratively) A role reversal.
    • By a very singular chassé-croisé it is the English scheme which, for the “hissing-palatal” (English sh), proposes ç, and the German which recommends the sign ś, whereas the ś was first very generally used in English transliterations and the ç in Continental.1895, “Tenth International Congress of Orientalists, Held at Geneva. Report of the Transliteration Committee.”, in The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, October 1895...
    Synonyms:
    switch-up
  3. (dated, figuratively) Comings and goings; hustle and bustle.

Synonyms of chassé-croisé

  • switch-up

Forms of chassé-croisé

pluralchassés-croisés
pluralchassé-croisés

Origin of chassé-croisé

Learned borrowing from French chassés-croisés. By surface analysis, chassés + croisés.

Words that rhyme with chassé-croisé

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Questions about chassé-croisé

What does chassé-croisé mean?
Chassé-croisé means a figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.
What part of speech is chassé-croisé?
Chassé-croisé is a noun.
How do you pronounce chassé-croisé?
Chassé-croisé is pronounced /ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of chassé-croisé?
The plural of chassé-croisé is chassés-croisés.

Words near chassé-croisé in the dictionary

  1. Chassin
  2. chassis
  3. chassised
  4. chassisless
  5. chassé
  6. chassé-croisé
  7. chassé-croisés
  8. chasséd
  9. chasséed
  10. chasséing
  11. chassés

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