chaussure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chaussure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəʊˈsjʊɚ/, /ʃəʊˈsʊɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Noun

chaussure (plural chaussures)

1. (dated) A foot covering of any kind.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chaussure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• urachuses

French

Etymology

From chausser +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.syʁ/

• audio (une chaussure)

  (file)

Noun

chaussure f (plural chaussures)

1. shoe
2. the shoe industry

Usage notes

• soulier is more common in Canada.

Synonyms

• soulier
• (informal) godasse, grolle
• (France, slang) pompe

Derived terms

• trouver chaussure à son pied

See also

• chaussette

Further reading

• “chaussure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.