Meanings
nounchassis (plural chassis)
alternative châssis
- The base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
Coordinate term: coachwork
3 more examples
Near-synonym: undercarriage
The door being open, Stranleigh walked in unannounced. A two-seated runabout[…]stood by the window, where it could be viewed by passers-by. Further down the room rested a chassis, … .
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 2, in Lord Stranleigh AbroadThe Winchburgh Shale Line is of 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The surface trucks or tubs are cuboidal metal boxes mounted on unsprung four-wheeled chassis.
1958 September 28, Anthony A. Vickers, “The Winchburgh Shale Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 613Synonyms: undercarriage
- A frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment, such as on a computer.
- A base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a mounted gun moves backward and forward.
- slangA woman's buttocks.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe base frame of a vehicle, such as a motor vehicle.
Similar
More synonyms by meaning
nounalternative names for the body of a human being
Broader
bodyorganic structure
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic شَاصِي, هَيْكَل
- شَاصِي (šāṣī)base frame of motor vehicle
- هَيْكَل (haykal)base frame of motor vehicle
Bulgarian шаси, корпус
- шаси (šasi)base frame of motor vehicle
- корпус (korpus)frame or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- платформа (platforma)base frame, or movable railway
Chinese Mandarin 底盤 /底盘, 車架 /车架
- 底盤 /底盘 (dǐpán)base frame of motor vehicle
- 車架 /车架 (chējià)base frame of motor vehicle
- 底盤 /底盘 (dǐpán)base frame, or movable railway
Czech podvozek, šasi
- podvozekbase frame of motor vehicle
- šasibase frame of motor vehicle
- kostraframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- ložištěbase frame, or movable railway
Danish chassis, chassis
- chassisbase frame of motor vehicle
- chassisframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Esperanto ĉasio
- ĉasiobase frame of motor vehicle
Finnish alusta, runko
- alustabase frame of motor vehicle
- runkobase frame of motor vehicle
- runkoframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- asennuspohjaframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- räkkiframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
French châssis
- châssisbase frame of motor vehicle
German Chassis, Fahrgestell
- Chassisbase frame of motor vehicle
- Fahrgestellbase frame of motor vehicle
- Gehäuseframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Greek σασί
- σασί (sasí)base frame of motor vehicle
Hungarian alváz, váz
- alvázbase frame of motor vehicle
- vázbase frame of motor vehicle
- dobozframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- keretframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- vázframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- házframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- szerelvénylapframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- alaplemezframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- lövegtalpbase frame, or movable railway
Indonesian sasis, sasis
- sasisbase frame of motor vehicle
- sasisframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Italian châssis
- châssisbase frame of motor vehicle
Japanese シャシ, シャーシ
- シャシ (shashi)base frame of motor vehicle
- シャーシ (shāshi)base frame of motor vehicle
- シャシー (shashī)base frame of motor vehicle
Korean 섀시
- 섀시 (syaesi)base frame of motor vehicle
Latin capsa
- capsabase frame of motor vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål chassis, chassis
- chassisbase frame of motor vehicle
- chassisframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Polish podwozie, obudowa
- podwoziebase frame of motor vehicle
- obudowaframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- stelażbase frame, or movable railway
Portuguese chassi, chassis
- chassibase frame of motor vehicle
- chassisbase frame of motor vehicle
- chassiframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- chassisframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
- chassibase frame, or movable railway
- chassisbase frame, or movable railway
Romanian șasiu
- șasiubase frame of motor vehicle
Russian шасси́
- шасси́ (šassí)base frame of motor vehicle
Slovak podvozok
- podvozokbase frame of motor vehicle
Spanish chasis, chasís
- chasisbase frame of motor vehicle
- chasísbase frame of motor vehicle
Swedish chassi, chassi
- chassibase frame of motor vehicle
- chassiframe or housing containing electrical or mechanical equipment
Tagalog tsasis
- tsasisbase frame of motor vehicle
Thai แชสซี
- แชสซี (chaetsi)base frame of motor vehicle
Ukrainian шасі́
- шасі́ (šasí)base frame of motor vehicle
Vietnamese sát-xi, khung gầm
- sát-xibase frame of motor vehicle
- khung gầmbase frame of motor vehicle
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chassis
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Cite this entry
APA
chassis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chassis
MLA
“chassis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chassis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chassis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chassis.
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