chèvre
See also: chevre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chèvre (“goat”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
chèvre (countable and uncountable, plural chèvres)
Synonyms
- (British) goat’s cheese
- (North America) goat cheese
Translations
goatmilk cheese
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French
Etymology
From Middle French chevre, from Old French chievre, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
Pronunciation
Noun
chèvre f (plural chèvres)
See also
Descendants
- English: chevon
Noun
chèvre m (plural chèvres)
- goat cheese (US), goat's cheese (UK)
Descendants
- English: chèvre
Further reading
- “chèvre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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