chevelure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chevelure (“head of hair”).

Noun

chevelure (plural chevelures)

1. The nebulous part of a comet.
   • Sir. W. Hershel

     the nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star

2. A head of hair.
3. A periwig.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chevelure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

From Old French chevel (Modern French cheveu) + -ure. Compare Occitan cabeladura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.v(ə).lyʁ/

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Noun

chevelure f (plural chevelures)

1. hair
2. tail (of a comet)

Descendants

• → Russian: шевелю́ра (ševeljúra)

Further reading

• “chevelure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.