chèvre

See also: chevre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chèvre (“goat”).

Alternative forms

• chevre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛvɹə/

Noun

chèvre (countable and uncountable, plural chèvres)

1. A type of soft cheese from goat’s milk, originating in France, often formed in a cylinder.

Synonyms

• (British) goat’s cheese
• (North America) goat cheese

Translations

goatmilk cheese

• French: chèvre (fr)
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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

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛvʁ/

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Noun

chèvre f (plural chèvres)

1. a (she-)goat

See also

• chevreau
• chèvrefeuille
• chevreuil
• chevrier
• chevron
• bouc (“he-goat”)

Descendants

• English: chevon

Noun

chèvre m (plural chèvres)

1. 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.