chauve

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kalw-, *galw- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃov/
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Adjective

chauve (plural chauves)

  1. Bald; devoid of hair; often used substantively.[1]
  2. Bare, barren; devoid of a thing (such as vegetation);[1] often construed with de.

Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

References
  1. “chauve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading
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