chevaine
French, noun/ʃə.vɛn/
chevaine is spelled C-H-E-V-A-I-N-E (8 letters). Chevaine is a French masculine noun meaning “chub (Leuciscus cephalus, now Squalius cephalus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante orthographique de chevesne”.
What does chevaine mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechub (Leuciscus cephalus, now Squalius cephalus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de chevesne.
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 chevaine
- chevaines plural
- chevenne alternative
- chevesne alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevaine?
- /ʃə.vɛn/
- \ʃə.vɛn\
- \ʃvɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.