chaussure
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chaussure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃəʊˈsjʊɚ/, /ʃəʊˈsʊɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun
chaussure (plural chaussures)
- (dated) Any footwear.
References
- “chaussure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃo.syʁ/
Audio; “une chaussure”: (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
chaussure f (plural chaussures)
- shoe
- Synonyms: (dated) soulier, (informal) godasse, (informal) pompe
- trouver chaussure à son pied ― to find what one is looking for, to find what one wants, to find the right fit for on (literally, “to find a shoe for one's foot / that fits one's foot”)
- the shoe industry
- travailler dans la chaussure ― to work in the shoe industry
Usage notes
- soulier is more common in Canada.
Related terms
Further reading
- “chaussure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.