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rez-de-chaussée

American  
[reyduh-shoh-sey] / reɪdə ʃoʊˈseɪ /

noun

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


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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

Besides the rez-de-chaussée, which is but little above the ground, there are two good stories all round the building, and even more in the towers.

From Recollections of Europe by James Fenimore Cooper

Her house was, like Madame du Clozel's, a single rez-de-chaussée surmounted by a mansard....

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by George Washington Cable

We inhabit the first floor, along with the rez-de-chaussée, which has been turned into domestic offices suitable for the needs of the family.

From A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

In one of the rooms of the rez-de-chaussée we saw several women waiting to take the children.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington

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