chute — [ ʃyt ] n. f. • cheute 1360; réfect. de cheoite, p. p. fém. de choir; lat. pop. °cadecta I ♦ Le fait de choir, de tomber. A ♦ Concret 1 ♦ (Personnes) Faire une chute, une mauvaise chute. ⇒ 1. tomber; culbute, glissade, trébuchement; fam. 2. bûche … Encyclopédie Universelle
chute — CHUTE. s. fém. Mouvement d une chose qui tombe. Il est tombé de son haut, et a fait une lourde chute. Il est incommodé d une chute de cheval. Il fut accablé par la chute d une maison. Une chute d eau. La chute des eaux. [b]f♛/b] On appelle Chute… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Chute — may refer to: Chute (gravity), a channel down which falling materials are guided Mail chute, a chute for collecting and transporting mail within a building Chute (in North America), a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals… … Wikipedia
Chute — Chute, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. See {Shoot}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chute d'os — 15e album de la série Pierre Tombal Scénario Raoul Cauvin Dessin Marc Hardy Couleurs Cerise Éditeur Dupuis … Wikipédia en Français
chute — [ʃu:t] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: fall , from Old French cheoir to fall ] 1.) a long narrow structure that slopes down, so that things or people can slide down it from one place to another ▪ a rubbish chute ▪ a laundry chute ▪ The pool … Dictionary of contemporary English
chute — [ ʃut ] noun count 1. ) a tube or a smooth narrow open surface that people or things slide down: a laundry/garbage/recycling chute a swimming pool with a water chute 2. ) INFORMAL a PARACHUTE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
chute — sustantivo masculino 1. Uso/registro: jergal. Inyección de droga: ponerse un chute, pegarse un chute … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
chute — (n.) 1725, American English, fall of water (earlier shoot, 1610s), from Fr. chute, from O.Fr. cheoite a fall, fem. pp. of cheoir to fall, from L. cadere (see CASE (Cf. case) (n.1)). Meaning inclined tube, trough is from 1804; that of narrow… … Etymology dictionary
chute — chute; para·chute; … English syllables