chevrotine
French, noun/ʃə.vʁɔ.tin/
chevrotine is spelled C-H-E-V-R-O-T-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chevrotine is a French feminine noun meaning “buckshot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gros plomb dont on se sert pour tirer le chevreuil et autres gibiers”.
What does chevrotine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebuckshot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gros plomb dont on se sert pour tirer le chevreuil et autres gibiers. 2. Chevrotement.
noun: 1. Habitante de Chevreuse, commune française située dans le département des Yvelines. 2. Habitante de Chevrières, commune française située dans le département de la Loire. 3. Habitante de Chevroz, commune française située dans le département du Doubs. 4. Habitante de Chevru, commune française située dans le département de la Seine-et-Marne.
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 chevrotine
- chevrotines plural
- Chevrotines plural
- Chevrotin masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chevrotine?
- /ʃə.vʁɔ.tin/
- \ʃə.vʁɔ.tin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chevrotine
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chevrotine in French?
chevrotine appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).