"chevron" meaning in French

See chevron in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃə.vʁɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-chevron.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chevron.wav Forms: chevrons [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *capriōnem, from *capreus, cf. also caprone. Ultimately from Latin caper (“goat”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French, {{inh+|fr|fro|-}} Inherited from Old French, {{inh|fr|la-vul|*capriō|*capriōnem}} Vulgar Latin *capriōnem, {{inh|fr|la|caper||goat}} Latin caper (“goat”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chevron m (plural chevrons)
  1. rafter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chevron-fr-noun-jiozjlN3 Categories (other): Orthography Disambiguation of Orthography: 85 15
  2. (heraldry) chevron Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chevron-fr-noun-tVrIgi-w Categories (other): Heraldic charges, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: chèvre

Inflected forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "chevron"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ševrón",
      "word": "шевро́н"
    }
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        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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    },
    {
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "chevrons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "chevron m (plural chevrons)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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        "rafter"
      ],
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          "rafter",
          "rafter"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        },
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        }
      ],
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        "chevron"
      ],
      "id": "en-chevron-fr-noun-tVrIgi-w",
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        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
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          "chevron",
          "chevron#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃə.vʁɔ̃/"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "chevron"
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    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Old French",
    "French terms inherited from Vulgar Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Orthography"
  ],
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
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        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "la",
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        "4": "",
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "form": "chevrons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "rafter"
      ],
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        [
          "rafter",
          "rafter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "chevron"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʃə.vʁɔ̃/"
    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "chevron"
}

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