chevelure
French, noun/ʃə.v(ə).lyʁ/
chevelure is spelled C-H-E-V-E-L-U-R-E (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevelure is a French feminine noun meaning “head of hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble des cheveux d’une personne”.
What does chevelure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehead of hair
- 2
femininetail (of a comet)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble des cheveux d’une personne. 2. Nébulosité entourant le noyau de certaines comètes et qui s’étire à l’opposé du soleil. 3. Ensemble des feuilles des arbres, voire d'autres végétaux.
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 chevelure
- chevelures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevelure?
- /ʃə.v(ə).lyʁ/
- \ʃə.və.lyʁ\
- \ʃəv.lyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chevelure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chevelure in French?
chevelure appears 3.2 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).