rez-de-chaussée

[ reyduh-shoh-sey ]

noun

, French.

, plural rez-de-chaus·sées [r, eyd, uh, -shoh-, sey].

1. street level; ground floor.

Example Sentences

In one of the rooms of the rez-de-chaussée we saw several women waiting to take the children.

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Another apartment I visited; but here the proprietor, who lived on the rez-de-chaussée, or ground floor, had, as well as myself, a family of young children: besides, he refused me the privilege of walking in his garden.

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Here and there some rez-de-chaussée aglow showed the usual gossippers of the concierges.

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It was by a lattice window in the rez-de-chaussée of the western tower that Cinq-Mars found Marie waiting for him, when he retraced his steps and came back at midnight for a last word with her.

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Under the entrance vault are doors on either side giving access to the living apartments of the rez-de-chaussée.

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