chasse French · revision 16959

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=back-formation|attested=1167–1170, Gautier d'Arras, Ille et Galeron|origins=la capto}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʃas/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''chasse''' ''f'' (plural chasses)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|chace]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a deverbal noun from [[chasser]] (Old French [[m|fro|chacier]]),^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary) which continues [[la-vul|*captiō]], from [[la|captō|t=to try to catch]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(REW 1935) An adjective [[la-lat|captiōsus|t=fond of hunting]] is found in a 6th-century text from Auxerre.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ Cognate with [[it|caccia]], [[pro|cassa]], [[es|caza]] and [[pt|caça]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(REW 1935)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Gautier d'Arras's ''Ille et Galeron'' (1167–1170) has ''a chace'' “at full gallop”;^(TLFi) about 1175 Benoît de Sainte-Maure uses it both for a pursuit and for the hunting of game.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Donner la chasse'', “to give chase”, was a naval phrase in the 15th century.^(TLFi) In 1549 Robert Estienne records ''chasse'' for a rush of water let loose to clear a channel, the origin of ''chasse d'eau'' “flush” (1913).^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) Monet (1635) uses it for the game killed and for a hunting tune, and Furetière (1690) for the whole hunting party and for an estate where one hunts.^(TLFi)

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+ ''Chasse à l'homme'' “manhunt” is in Balzac (1841).^(TLFi) In aviation ''escadrilles de chasse'' (1931) and ''avion de chasse'' (1936) are fighter units and fighter planes, and ''la chasse ennemie'' in Malraux (1937) the enemy fighters.^(TLFi) In mechanics it has meant the play left to a moving part since 1732.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1167–1170 – ''A chace'' “at full gallop”.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1175 – Pursuit; hunting.^(TLFi)

+ * 15th century – ''Donner la chasse''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1549 – A rush of water to clear a channel.^(TLFi)

+ * 1635 – Game killed; a hunting tune.^(TLFi)

+ * 1690 – A hunting estate; the hunting party.^(TLFi)

+ * 1841 – ''Chasse à l'homme'', in Balzac.^(TLFi)

+ * 1913 – ''Chasse d'eau''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1936 – ''Avion de chasse''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|hunting|alt=Hunting]], the hunt: ''aller à la chasse'', ''permis de chasse'', ''chasse à courre'', hunting with hounds.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary)

+ # The game taken: ''faire bonne chasse''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(TLFi)

+ # A hunting ground; the hunting party.^(TLFi)

+ # [[m|en|pursuit|alt=Pursuit]], chase: ''donner la chasse à'', ''prendre en chasse'', ''chasse à l'homme'', a [[m|en|manhunt]].^(TLFi)^(Petit Robert 2007)

+ # ''(aviation)'' Fighter aircraft: ''avion de chasse''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''Chasse d'eau'': the [[m|en|flush]] of a toilet.^(TLFi)

+ # ''(mechanics)'' The play left to a moving part.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[chasser]]

+ * [[chasseur]]

+ * [[pourchasser]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Chasse'' is distinguished in pronunciation from [[châsse]] “reliquary”, which has a back /ɑ/.^(TLFi) The proverb ''qui va à la chasse perd sa place'' means “leave your place and you lose it”.^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}