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rez-de-chaussée

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[rayduh-shoh-say] / reɪdə ʃoʊˈseɪ /

noun

French.
  • rez-de-chaussées
    plural
  1. street level; ground floor.


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Here and there some rez-de-chaussée aglow showed the usual gossippers of the concierges.

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Charles Theodore Murray

Under the entrance vault are doors on either side giving access to the living apartments of the rez-de-chaussée.

From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus

What was concocted in the rez-de-chaussée was demolished in the entresol.

From International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 by Various

The rez-de-chaussée was divided into enormous workshops and lit by windows black with dust.

From L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

In such case to go directly to his apartment, that handy little rez-de-chaussée near the Trocadéro, was obviously inadvisable.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Louis Joseph Vance

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