"chauve-souris" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ʃov.su.ʁi/ Audio: Fr-chauve-souris.ogg , Fr-Paris--chauve-souris.ogg [Paris] Forms: chauves-souris [plural]
Etymology: Used as early as the 8th century in Gallic Late Latin calva sōrex (“bald mouse”); the first element ("bald") may originally be an alteration of Vulgar Latin *cawa (“crow, tawny owl”). Equivalent to chauve (“bald”) + souris (“mouse”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|LL.|calva sōrex||bald mouse}} Late Latin calva sōrex (“bald mouse”), {{cog|VL.|*cawa||crow, tawny owl}} Vulgar Latin *cawa (“crow, tawny owl”), {{af|fr|chauve|souris|t1=bald|t2=mouse}} chauve (“bald”) + souris (“mouse”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|chauves-souris}} chauve-souris f (plural chauves-souris)
  1. bat (a small flying mammal of the order Chiroptera) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Bats, Mammals Synonyms: souris chaude
    Sense id: en-chauve-souris-fr-noun-gRHpSTZ2 Disambiguation of Bats: 61 39 Disambiguation of Mammals: 57 43
  2. (heraldry) a charge depicting the animal of the same name Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Heraldry Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-chauve-souris-fr-noun-vVNVLjGI Disambiguation of Animals: 38 62 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chauvesouris (1990 spelling reform), souris-chauve, chauvessouriz [obsolete] Derived forms: chauve-souriceau, chauve-souris bourdon, chauve-souris de mer, chauve-souris-garou, chauve-souris rhinolophe, chauve-souris vampire, poisson chauve-souris, renard à oreilles de chauve-souris, sphinx chauve-souris

Inflected forms

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