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How to pronounce tasse

Say it like TAS. Tasse is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress.

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US American/tæs/TAS
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  • TAS
  • Main stress
  • Lighter stress
  • Unstressed

Tasse pronunciation, sound by sound

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  1. TASSay this part loudest and longest. The vowel is the "a" in cat.

What does tasse mean?

noun
  1. A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each being of one piece or segmented) hanging from the bottom of the breastplate or from faulds.

Where does tasse come from?

Inherited from Middle English tasse (“armor plate protecting the hip”), derived from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), derived from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), derived from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ.

Words that rhyme with tasse

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Questions about saying tasse

How do you pronounce tasse?

Say TAS. The American pronunciation is /tæs/. Press play above to hear it at normal speed or slowly.

How many syllables are in tasse?

Tasse is a single syllable, so the whole word carries the stress. Broken into parts: TAS.

Pronunciation from Wiktionary; meaning and origin adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).