# chute
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃ(j)uːt/, /ʃɪu̯t/
* Rhymes: -uːt
* Homophone: shoot (most accents)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Etymology 1

From French chute.

#### Noun

chute (plural chutes)
* A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.
* A waterfall or rapid.
* The pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.
* (horse racing) An extension to a straightway on either the home stretch or the backstretch, to avoid having a turn at the start of the race.

##### Derived terms

* ballute
* bean chute
* chute dogging
* chute house
* chuteless
* chutelike
* chute-the-chute
* cruising chute
* dirt chute
* drag chute
* drogue chute
* flood chute
* garbage chute
* head chute
* laundry chute
* out of the chute
* poop chute
* refuse chute
* shoot-the-chute
* squeeze chute
* straight out of the chute
* trash chute

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2

Clipping of parachute

#### Noun

chute (plural chutes)
* (informal) A parachute.
** 2000, Callum Henderson, Asian Dawn, page 25:Yet the initial IMF rescue plan was far from the parachute which it professed to be – the chute did open briefly but only for it to "Roman candle", the hapless victim left to plummet to earth with a sickening thud.
** 2007, J. Joseph Higgins, The Splat Conspiracy: America in Peril, page 145:At first, Cyclops's chute began to Roman candle , but in another moment, it popped.
** 2019, David Taylor, The First Helicopter Boys:On the second operation the 1,000 mortar bombs were parachuted into the LZ on 125 chutes; all were on target but two roman candled which sent everyone diving for cover and necessitated the change of some knickers.
* (nautical, slang, by extension) A spinnaker.

##### Translations
#### Verb

chute (third-person singular simple present chutes, present participle chuting, simple past and past participle chuted)
* (informal, intransitive) To parachute.

### Further reading

* “chute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* chuet, teuch

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃyt/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: chut

### Etymology 1

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).

#### Noun

chute f (plural chutes)
* fall
    une chute libre ― a free fall
    un point de chute ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Sa chute lui a été fatale. ― His fall was fatal.
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Near-synonyms: averse, précipitations
    une chute de neige ― a snowfall
    de violentes chutes de grêle ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* fall, drop (e.g. in price)
    la chute des prix ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    la chute du cours du rouble ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    une chute de tension ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* fall, collapse, downfall
    Near-synonym: effondrement
    la chute de l’Empire romain d’Occident ― the fall of the Western Roman Empire
* Ellipsis of chute d’eau. waterfall
    Synonym: cascade
    Nous ne sommes plus très loin des chutes du Niagara. ― We're not far from Niagara Falls.
* punch line (conclusion of a joke or a story; the last words that bring the comic effect)
    Attendez la chute. ― Wait for the conclusion.
* final part of an ensemble or a shape
    la chute des reins ― the bottom of the backside

##### Derived terms

* parachute

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chute
* inflection of chuter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “chute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* “chute” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “chute” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

## Norman
### Adjective

chute (masculine chu)
* (France) feminine singular of chu
    Je vouorreis byin avaer chute belle veiteure ! ― I would like to have this beautiful car !

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃu.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃu.tɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃu.tɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃu.tɨ/
* Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi, -utɨ
* Hyphenation: chu‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English shoot. First attested in 1902 as shoot and 1920 as chute, initially refering to soccer and later expanded to any kind of kick. Doublet of chuto.

#### Alternative forms

* shoot (superseded)

#### Noun

chute m (plural chutes) (Brazil)
* kick (hit or strike with the leg or foot)
    Synonym: pontapé
* (sports) shot; kick (act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal)
    Synonym: (Portugal) chuto
** 1902 June 25, “Foot-ball: victoria dos brasileiros contra os inglezes”, Sport, in Correio Paulistano, volume 28, number 13.952, São Paulo, page 2, column 5:Nem assim foi mais feliz, pois dentro em pouco, com um shoot estupendo, o sr. Ibanez Salles marcou para os brasileiros um terceiro goal, que foi tambem o ultimo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1920 October 14, “JACEGUAY FUTEBOL CLUB (4) (Capital) X ASSOCIAÇÃO ESPORTIVA (2) (São José dos Campos)”, in A Gazeta, volume XV, number 4431, São Paulo, page 2, column 6:Logo após este, Salimbano com um chute de grande distancia, consegue conquistar o terceiro ponto do Jaceguay.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1970 February 3, Gérson Sabino, “Juiz ganha copa”, in Placar, number 0, São Paulo: Abril, →ISSN, page 9, column 2:Um chute de Zagalo, que bateu no travessão e penetrou mais de 20 centímetros dentro do gol, não foi considerado pelo bandeirinha inglês.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (informal) hunch, guess (prediction about the outcome of something)
    Synonyms: palpite, suposição, opinião

##### Derived terms

* chutão
* chutar
* chute de letra
* chuteira
* chutinho

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chute
* inflection of chutar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* “chute”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “chute”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “chute”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “chute”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “chute”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃute/ [ˈt͡ʃu.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ute
* Syllabification: chu‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English shoot. Doublet of chuto.

#### Noun

chute m (plural chutes)
* (slang) shot (of heroin)
* (colloquial, El Salvador) a meddlesome person; a meddler
    Synonym: entrometido

#### Adjective

chute m or f (masculine and feminine plural chutes)
* (colloquial, El Salvador) meddlesome, nosy
    Synonym: entrometido

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

chute
* inflection of chutar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Mayan shute.

#### Noun

chute m (plural chutes)
* Alternative spelling of chucte

### Further reading

* “chute”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10