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

Derived terms

aigle chauve, aigle à tête chauve
chauve-souris
chauvir
chauvissant
cyprès chauve
l’occasion est chauve

Related terms

calvitie

See also

glabre

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.

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