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English

Etymology

From chew (verb).

Noun

chuet (plural chuets)

1. (obsolete) minced meat

   • as for chuets, which are likewise minced meat, instead of butter and fat , it were good to moisten them , partly with cream , or almond , or pistacho milk

Anagrams

• Chute, chute, teuch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?(j)u?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t
• Homophone: shoot

Etymology 1

From French chute

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

1. 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.
2. A waterfall or rapid.
3. The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

Derived terms

• laundry chute
• out of the chute
• straight out of the chute

Translations

Etymology 2

Short for parachute.

Noun

chute (plural chutes)

1. (informal) A parachute.
2. (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.

Translations

Verb

chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted)

1. (informal, intransitive) To parachute.

Further reading

• chute at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• chuet, teuch

French

Etymology

From a refashioning of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *caduta) based on cheoite (corresponding to an analogous Vulgar Latin form *cadecta), feminine past participle of cheoir, the older form of choir. Compare chu, past participle of choir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?yt/
• Homophones: chut

Noun

chute f (plural chutes)

1. fall

2. fall, drop (e.g. in price)
3. waterfall

4. punch line, conclusion (of a joke or a story, i.e. the last words that bring the comic effect or the conclusion)

5. final part of an ensemble or a shape

Synonyms

• (waterfall): cascade

Derived terms

• chute d'eau
• chute de tension
• chute libre
• point de chute

Verb

chute

1. first-person singular present indicative of chuter
2. third-person singular present indicative of chuter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of chuter
5. second-person singular imperative of chuter

Further reading

• “chute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Adjective

chute (masculine chu)

1. (France) feminine singular of chu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shoot

Noun

chute m (plural chutes)

1. kick

Spanish

Verb

chute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of chutar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of chutar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of chutar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of chutar.