chaussure
noun
any foot covering, as a shoe or boot; footwear.
chaussures
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pluralof chaussure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Another annoying misappropriation is the noun "fashion" which, in French, becomes an adjective, as in "J'adore tes chaussures - tres fashion."
From BBC ● May 24, 2013
Luns explained that his scarlet chaussures were actually a pair of knitted slippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is Mademoiselle Joliejambe;—would one suppose that the pink slippers, which terminate those silk-shod mollets, could be dangerous chaussures?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various
"She is eighteen, or at least seventeen—old enough to know all about gowns, petticoats, and chaussures."
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
In the country, of course, it was quite "the right thing" to tramp about in all weathers, and proper chaussures must be provided for the purpose.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
