châssis
French, noun
châssis is spelled C-H-Â-S-S-I-S (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Châssis is a French masculine noun meaning “chassis, frame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, chassis is a different word: “window”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage composé de plusieurs pièces de menuiserie formant ordinairement des cadres où l’on met des vitres, de…”.
What does châssis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechassis, frame
- 2
masculinewindow
noun
- 1
masculinewindow
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage composé de plusieurs pièces de menuiserie formant ordinairement des cadres où l’on met des vitres, de la toile ou des feuilles de papier huilé, etc. 2. Sorte de cadre sur lequel on attache, on applique, on fait tenir un tableau, une toile, ou autre chose semblable. 3. Ce qui soutient le dessus d’une table. 4. Ce qui enferme ou enchâsse quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to châssis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is châssis in French?
châssis appears 5.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).