cheveu

From Latin capillus.

cheveu m (plural cheveus)

1. headhair

• poil

Inherited from Middle French cheveu, from Old French cheveu, from Latin capillus. See there for more details.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.vø/, (informal) /ʃfø/

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• (France) IPA^(key): /ʃø.vø/

cheveu m (plural cheveux)

1. a headhair

   Synonym: tif

For the mass noun hair, use the plural cheveux.

• chevelu
• chevelure

• poil

• “cheveu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French cheveu.

cheveu m (plural cheveux or cheveulx)

1. a hair

• French: cheveu

• chavel, chevel
• cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu, kavel (Northern)

From earlier chevel, from Latin capillus, capillum.

• IPA^(key): (early) /t͡ʃəˈvel/
• IPA^(key): (late) /ʃəˈvɛu̯/

cheveu oblique singular, m (oblique plural cheveus, nominative singular cheveus, nominative plural cheveu)

1. a hair

• Bourguignon: cheveu
• Middle French: cheveu
  • French: cheveu
• Lorrain: tchavou
• Norman: g'veu, queveu
• Picard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardy)
• Walloon: tchvea