chevesne
French, noun/ʃə.vɛn/
chevesne is spelled C-H-E-V-E-S-N-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevesne is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of chevaine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poisson osseux d’eau douce très fréquent en Europe, aux grosses écailles, à bouche large et au dos…”.
What does chevesne mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of chevaine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poisson osseux d’eau douce très fréquent en Europe, aux grosses écailles, à bouche large et au dos généralement foncé (gris-noir).
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 chevesne
- chevesnes plural
- chavaine
- chevaine
- chevanne
- chevenne
- chevin
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevesne?
- /ʃə.vɛn/
- \ʃə.vɛn\
- \ʃvɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chevesne in French?
chevesne appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).