chasse-neige

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃas.nɛʒ/

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Noun

chasse-neige m (plural chasse-neige or chasse-neiges)

1. snow plow (US), snow plough (UK) (machine for moving snow)

Usage notes

The plural is chasse-neige in traditional orthography, but chasse-neiges after the spelling reform of 1990.

Further reading

• “chasse-neige”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.