"chute" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʃyt/ Audio: Fr-chute.ogg Forms: chutes [plural]
Etymology: From a merger of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *cadūta) and cheoite (from Vulgar Latin cadecta), both feminine past participles of cheoir, whence modern choir (compare chu). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|cheüe}} Old French cheüe, {{inh|fr|VL.|*cadūta}} Vulgar Latin *cadūta, {{m+|VL.|cadecta}} Vulgar Latin cadecta, {{root|fr|ine-pro|*ḱh₂d-}} Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} chute f (plural chutes)
  1. fall Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-LcRq8beM Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. fall, drop (e.g. in price) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-HBjcUwyW Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  3. fall, collapse, downfall Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-LZK2~F31 Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  4. Ellipsis of chute d’eau. waterfall Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine Alternative form of: chute d’eau. waterfall Categories (topical): Waterfalls Synonyms: cascade
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-w9RjTSpo Disambiguation of Waterfalls: 3 5 8 41 5 5 20 14 Categories (other): French ellipses
  5. punch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-D-Db2Ck4
  6. final part of an ensemble or a shape Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-noun-N~uymTcE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: parachute
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ʃyt/ Audio: Fr-chute.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} chute
  1. inflection of chuter:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: chuter
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-verb-eW4-FHRz Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 12 2 15 0 3 1 19 2 1 0 0 1 19 1 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 11 7 16 16 4 5 29 13
  2. inflection of chuter:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: chuter
    Sense id: en-chute-fr-verb-3FagqsPp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Wait for the conclusion.",
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