"chevrotain" meaning in Français

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Noun

IPA: \ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ̃\ Forms: chevrotains [plural]
  1. Nom usuel de petits mammifères appartenant à la famille des Tragulidae, ruminants des forêts d'Afrique ou d’Asie, sans corne, caractérisés par deux canines très longues, qui, chez les mâles, pendent des deux côtés de la bouche, essentiellement nocturnes.
    Sense id: fr-chevrotain-fr-noun-g7rwadjk Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: ruminant Hypernyms (Tragulidae): tragulidé Derived forms (Hyemoschus aquaticus): chevrotain aquatique Derived forms (Moschiola meminna): chevrotain indien Derived forms (Moschus moschiferus): chevrotain porte-musc Derived forms (Tragulus javanicus): petit chevrotain malais Derived forms (Tragulus napu): grand chevrotain malais Translations: chevrotain (Anglais), أَيِّلُ المِسْكِ (Arabe), nefasatol (Kotava), ɲélé (Myènè), kabar (Tchèque)

Inflected forms

{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "chevrotina"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots ayant des homophones en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Ruminants en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en arabe",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en conventions internationales",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en kotava",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en myènè",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en tchèque",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Variantes",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Variantes en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Hyemoschus aquaticus",
      "word": "chevrotain aquatique"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Moschiola meminna",
      "word": "chevrotain indien"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "fam. des moschidés"
      ],
      "sense": "Moschus moschiferus",
      "word": "chevrotain porte-musc"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulus javanicus",
      "word": "petit chevrotain malais"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulus napu",
      "word": "grand chevrotain malais"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Variante de chevrotin."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chevrotains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "ruminant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulidae",
      "word": "tragulidé"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "notes": [
    "Chevrotain, avec une majuscule pour mettre en avant le fait qu’on donne un caractère générique au mot."
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en français",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Françoise Grenot-Wang, Chine du Sud: la mosaïque des minorités, 2001",
          "text": "A midi, un chevrotain se trouva pris dans les branchages."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nom usuel de petits mammifères appartenant à la famille des Tragulidae, ruminants des forêts d'Afrique ou d’Asie, sans corne, caractérisés par deux canines très longues, qui, chez les mâles, pendent des deux côtés de la bouche, essentiellement nocturnes."
      ],
      "id": "fr-chevrotain-fr-noun-g7rwadjk"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ̃\\"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chevrotin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "chevrotain"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "word": "أَيِّلُ المِسْكِ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kotava",
      "lang_code": "avk",
      "word": "nefasatol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Myènè",
      "lang_code": "mye",
      "word": "ɲélé"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "kabar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chevrotain"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "chevrotina"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en français",
    "Mots ayant des homophones en français",
    "Noms communs en français",
    "Ruminants en français",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en arabe",
    "Traductions en conventions internationales",
    "Traductions en kotava",
    "Traductions en myènè",
    "Traductions en tchèque",
    "Variantes",
    "Variantes en français",
    "français"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Hyemoschus aquaticus",
      "word": "chevrotain aquatique"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Moschiola meminna",
      "word": "chevrotain indien"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "fam. des moschidés"
      ],
      "sense": "Moschus moschiferus",
      "word": "chevrotain porte-musc"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulus javanicus",
      "word": "petit chevrotain malais"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulus napu",
      "word": "grand chevrotain malais"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Variante de chevrotin."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chevrotains",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "ruminant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Tragulidae",
      "word": "tragulidé"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "notes": [
    "Chevrotain, avec une majuscule pour mettre en avant le fait qu’on donne un caractère générique au mot."
  ],
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en français"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Françoise Grenot-Wang, Chine du Sud: la mosaïque des minorités, 2001",
          "text": "A midi, un chevrotain se trouva pris dans les branchages."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nom usuel de petits mammifères appartenant à la famille des Tragulidae, ruminants des forêts d'Afrique ou d’Asie, sans corne, caractérisés par deux canines très longues, qui, chez les mâles, pendent des deux côtés de la bouche, essentiellement nocturnes."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ʃə.vʁɔ.tɛ̃\\"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "chevrotin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "chevrotain"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "word": "أَيِّلُ المِسْكِ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kotava",
      "lang_code": "avk",
      "word": "nefasatol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Myènè",
      "lang_code": "mye",
      "word": "ɲélé"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "kabar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chevrotain"
}

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