"chèvre" meaning in French

See chèvre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɛvʁ/ Audio: Fr-chèvre.ogg Forms: chèvres [plural], bouc [masculine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French chevre, from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|chevre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French chevre, {{inh+|fr|frm|chevre}} Inherited from Middle French chevre, {{inh|fr|fro|chievre}} Old French chievre, {{inh|fr|la|capra}} Latin capra, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*kápros}} Proto-Indo-European *kápros Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|m=bouc}} chèvre f (plural chèvres, masculine bouc)
  1. goat (species) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chèvre-fr-noun-LZgm50bl Categories (other): French terms with collocations, Goats Disambiguation of Goats: 46 7 47
  2. she-goat (individual female animal) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chèvre-fr-noun-y7EJaTnH Categories (other): Female animals Disambiguation of Female animals: 1 74 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chevreau, chèvrefeuille, chevrette, chevreuil, chevrier, chevron Related terms: caprin
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʃɛvʁ/ Audio: Fr-chèvre.ogg Forms: chèvres [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of fromage de chèvre. Etymology templates: {{ellipsis|fr|fromage de chèvre}} Ellipsis of fromage de chèvre Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chèvre m (plural chèvres)
  1. goat cheese, goat's cheese Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chèvre-fr-noun-EEFQwuye Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French ellipses, French entries with incorrect language header, French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender, Cheeses, Goats Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 33 2 2 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 31 1 1 51 Disambiguation of French ellipses: 19 33 48 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 7 91 Disambiguation of French nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender: 9 16 75 Disambiguation of Cheeses: 4 5 92 Disambiguation of Goats: 46 7 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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