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chèvre

chèvre

9.9
A farm animal with horns and a beard that eats plants
  • noun
  • /ʃɛvr/
  • Literature
translation icon : cabra
  • The chef prepared a delicious salad topped with creamy chèvre for the guests.

Examples

  • Okay, this is our basic chèvre.

    The Back-Up Plan (2010)

  • At the farm, we saw a lively chèvre jumping around the pen.

  • In the countryside, it's common to see a chèvre grazing on the hills.

Synonyms

goat
vschèvre
247 1.0

A farm animal with a beard and horns kept for milk and meat

is used especially in French or historical contexts rather than as the general species name
she-goat
vschèvre
2.8

A female goat

is used especially in French or historical contexts and is not sex specific

How Old

billy goat
3 1.0
chèvre
  • Literature
9.9
yearling
8 6.5
kid
169 3.2

Surface Forms

chèvre singular
chèvres plural

Etymology

Chèvre is the French word for 'goat' and comes from the old Latin word capra meaning 'she-goat', so the word simply names the animal.