chevelu
French, adjective/ʃə.vly/
chevelu is spelled C-H-E-V-E-L-U (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written French, the 27,000th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevelu is a French adjective meaning “hairy, long-haired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui porte des cheveux longs et touffus”.
What does chevelu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hairy, long-haired
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui porte des cheveux longs et touffus. 2. Qui est garni de cheveux. 3. Qui est garni de poils
noun: 1. L'ensemble de racines et radicelles d'une plante, d'une végétation. 2. Fer d'armature d'un béton qui dépasse en vue d'une extension de l'ouvrage. 3. Grosse liasse de filasse que les staffeurs mêlent de plâtre pour construire un polochon.
noun: 1. Personne qui porte une forte chevelure.
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 chevelu
- chevelue feminine
- chevelus masculine plural
- chevelues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevelu?
- /ʃə.vly/
- /ʃə.və.ly/
- \ʃəv.ly\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chevelu in French?
chevelu appears 1.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).