"couvée" meaning in French

See couvée in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ku.ve/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-couvée.wav Forms: couvées [plural]
Etymology: From Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), a noun use of the feminine past participle of couver (“to brood (an egg)”), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{inh|fr|fro|covée|t=brood (of chickens), clutch}} Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{inh|fr|la|cubāre}} Latin cubāre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*ḱewb-|t=to lie down}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} couvée f (plural couvées)
  1. clutch (a brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-couvée-fr-noun-NtaYgo1N Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24

Verb

IPA: /ku.ve/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-couvée.wav
Etymology: From Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), a noun use of the feminine past participle of couver (“to brood (an egg)”), from Latin cubāre, the present active infinitive of cubō (“to lie down, recline; to incubate; to be broody”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{inh|fr|fro|covée|t=brood (of chickens), clutch}} Old French covée (“brood (of chickens), clutch”), {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{glossary|feminine}} feminine, {{glossary|past}} past, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{inh|fr|la|cubāre}} Latin cubāre, {{glossary|present}} present, {{glossary|active}} active, {{glossary|infinitive}} infinitive, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*ḱewb-|t=to lie down}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- (“to lie down”) Head templates: {{head|fr|past participle form|g=f-s}} couvée f sg
  1. feminine singular of couvé Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, singular Form of: couvé
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