Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chassé-croisé

/ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chas-se-croise
IPA: /ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.

noun

A situation in which things swap, shuffle, cross over or cross past each other in some way.

Dated

noun

A situation in which things swap, shuffle, cross over or cross past each other in some way.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/
British English: /ˌʃæseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

chassés-croisés (plural) chassé-croisés (plural)

Synonyms

switch-up

Rhymes With

a the other way could go all day want-away point may for-pay try as one may members' day j /j k little bay

Questions

How do you pronounce chassé-croisé?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃæˌseɪk(ɹ)wæˈzeɪ/.
What does chassé-croisé mean?: A figure between two partners, in which one chassés left then right, while the other chassés right then left.
Where does chassé-croisé come from?: Learned borrowing from French chassés-croisés. By surface analysis, chassés + croisés.

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