chauve
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-wó-s, from the root *kl̥H-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chauve (plural chauves)
- bald (devoid of hair)
- Antonym: chevelu
- (figuratively) bare, barren (devoid of a thing (such as vegetation))
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Noun[edit]
chauve m or f by sense (plural chauves)
- a bald person
Further reading[edit]
- “chauve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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