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chassis

  • /ˈt͡ʃæ.si/ US, UK, singular
  • /ˈʃæ.si/ US, UK, singular
  • /ˈt͡ʃa.sɪj/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /ˈʃa.sɪj/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /ˈʃæzi/ Australia, singular
  • /ˈt͡ʃæ.siz/ US, UK, plural
  • /ˈʃæ.siz/ US, UK, plural
  • /ˈt͡ʃæ.si/ US, UK, plural
  • /ˈʃæ.si/ US, UK, plural
  • /ˈt͡ʃa.sɪjz/ British, Northern England, Scotland
  • /ˈʃa.sɪjz/ British, Northern England, Scotland

Rhymes with -æsi, -æzi

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French châssis, from châsse, from Latin capsa (“case”).

noun chassis · châssis

  1. The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle. Coordinate term: coachwork

    Similar: undercarriage

  2. A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
  3. A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
  4. slang A woman's buttocks.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: build, frame, bod, form, figure, flesh, physique, shape, anatomy, soma, human body, material body, physical body, undercarriage, wheels, wheelbase

Translations

Every language

noun base frame of motor vehicle

Españolchasis, chasís
한국어섀시 syaesi
日本語シャシ shashi, シャーシ shāshi, シャシー shashī
中文底盤 /底盘 dǐpán, 車架 /车架 chējià
Portuguêschassi, chassis
Françaischâssis
DeutschChassis, Fahrgestell
Italianochâssis
Ελληνικάσασί sasí
Românășasiu
Русскийшасси́ šassí
Tiếng Việtsát-xi, khung gầm
العربيةشَاصِي šāṣī, هَيْكَل haykal

noun frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment

Portuguêschassi, chassis
DeutschGehäuse

noun base frame, or movable railway

中文底盤 /底盘 dǐpán
Portuguêschassi, chassis

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@misc{chassis_2026,
  title = {chassis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chassis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}