chauce
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).
Pronunciation edit
- (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈtʃaltsə/, (northern) /ˈkaltʃə/
- (classical) IPA(key): /ˈtʃau̯tsə/, (northern) /ˈkau̯tʃə/
Noun edit
chauce oblique singular, f (oblique plural chauces, nominative singular chauce, nominative plural chauces)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle French: chausse
- Norman: cauche
- Walloon: tchåsse
- → Middle Dutch: couse
- Dutch: kous (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- chauce on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “calceus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 70