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

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington

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 Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

I daresay you'd be glad to get back to that rez-de-chaussée of yours.

From The Lone Wolf A Melodrama by Vance, Louis Joseph

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 Waddington, Mary King

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

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

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