chauve
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-wó-s, from the root *kl̥H-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃov/
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Adjective
chauve (plural chauves)
- bald (devoid of hair)
- Antonym: chevelu
- (figuratively) bare, barren (devoid of a thing (such as vegetation))
Derived terms
- aigle chauve, aigle à tête chauve
- chauve-souris
- chauvir
- chauvissant
- cyprès chauve
- l'occasion est chauve
Related terms
See also
Noun
chauve m or f by sense (plural chauves)
- a bald person
Further reading
- “chauve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
chauve
- alternative form of choe (“jackdaw”)