chaus

See also: Chaus

English

Etymology 1

From New Latin chaus, from a native, probably Turkic, name; compare Nogai кавыс (kavıs).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kāʹŭs, IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ʌs/
• Hyphenation: cha‧us

Noun

chaus (plural chauses)

1. (dated) Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)

Etymology 2

See chiaus.

Pronunciation

• enPR: chous, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaʊs/
• Hyphenation: chaus

Noun

chaus

2. Obsolete spelling of chiaus [16th–17th c.].
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chaus.

References

• "Chiaus" in A New English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1893, volume 2, p. 334.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “chaus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “chiaus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “chaus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Chasu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

chaus m (invariable)

1. jungle cat, Felis chaus

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *qawuc, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ.

Noun

chaus

1. lime for betel nut

References

• chaus in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• chaus in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• chaus in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 36.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxaws/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aws
• Syllabification: chaus

Noun

chaus m animal

1. jungle cat, Felis chaus

Declension

Declension of chaus

	singular	plural
nominative	chaus	chausy
genitive	chausa	chausów
dative	chausowi	chausom
accusative	chausa	chausy
instrumental	chausem	chausami
locative	chausie	chausach
vocative	chausie	chausy

Further reading

• chaus in Polish dictionaries at PWN