cheveu

From Latin capellus.

cheveu m (plural cheveus)

1. headhair

• poil

From Middle French cheveu, from Old French cheveu, from Latin capillus. See there for more details.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.vø/

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cheveu m (plural cheveux)

1. a headhair

For the mass noun hair, use the plural cheveux.

• chevelu
• chevelure

• poil

• “cheveu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French cheveu.

cheveu m (plural cheveux or cheveulx)

1. a hair

• French: cheveu

• cavel, caveu, caviau, cavieu (Northern Old French)
• chevel

From earlier chevel, from Latin capillus, capillum.

cheveu m (oblique plural cheveus, nominative singular cheveus, nominative plural cheveu)

1. a hair

• Middle French: cheveu
  • French: cheveu
• Norman: g'veu
• Picard: caviau (Artois), cavieu (Picardie)
• Walloon: tchvea