chute.
fall
Meaning & usage
fall
une chute libre
un point de chute
fall, drop (e.g. in price)
la chute des prix
la chute du cours du rouble
fall, collapse, downfall
la chute de l'Empire romain d'Occident
ellipsis of chute d'eau waterfall
Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara.
punch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect)
Attendez la chute.
final part of an ensemble or a shape
la chute des reins
Where this word comes from
From a merger of Old French cheüe, chue (from Vulgar Latin *cadūta) and cheoite (from Vulgar Latin cadecta), both feminine past participles of cheoir, whence modern choir (compare chu).
inflection of chuter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of chuter: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
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