chèle
French, noun/kɛl/
chèle is spelled C-H-È-L-E (5 letters). Chèle is a French feminine noun meaning “chela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pince formée par l’extrémité de certains appendices articulés des crustacés décapodes, notamment chez les…”.
What does chèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechela
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pince formée par l’extrémité de certains appendices articulés des crustacés décapodes, notamment chez les écrevisses et les crabes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chèle
- chèles plural
- chele
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chèle?
- /kɛl/
- \kɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chèle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.