French Dictionary

noun, feminine

shoe; the shoe industry

noun, feminine

surface (of road); carriageway, roadway; causeway; highway. Belgian roads which are named in Dutch as steenweg (e.g. Waversesteenweg) and in Belgian French as chaussée (e.g. Chaussée de Wavre).

chauve

adjective

bald (devoid of hair); bare, barren (devoid of a thing (such as vegetation))

chauve

noun, masculine/feminine

a bald person

chauve-souriceau

noun, masculine

baby bat

chauve-souris

noun, feminine

bat (a small flying mammal of the order Chiroptera); a charge depicting the animal of the same name

chauve-souris bourdon

noun, feminine

bumblebee bat, Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)

chauve-souris de mer

noun, feminine

synonym of ogcocephalidé (“ogcocephalid”)

chauve-souris vampire

noun, feminine

vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)

chauve-souris-garou

noun, feminine

werebat

chauvessouriz

noun, feminine

obsolete spelling of chauves-souris

chauvin

adjective

jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

chauvin

noun, masculine

jingoist (someone who demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

chauvinisme

noun, masculine

chauvinism

chauviniste

adjective

chauvinistic

chauviniste

noun, masculine/feminine

chauvinist

chauvir

verb

to perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys)

chauvissant

adjective

balding; cocking the ears (said of horses, mules, and donkeys)

chaux

noun, feminine

lime, limestone

chaux vive

noun, feminine

quicklime (calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone)

chaux éteinte

noun, feminine

slaked lime (calcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, produced by adding water to quicklime)

chavirage

noun, masculine

capsizing

chavirement

noun, masculine

capsize

chavirer

verb

to capsize; to overturn, keel over, tip over (of objects etc.); to roll (of eyes); to reel, spin (of room etc.); to turn over (of heart); to bowl over, shatter (someone)

chavisme

noun, masculine

Chavism

chaviste

adjective

Chavist

chaviste

noun, masculine/feminine

Chavista

chawarma

noun, masculine

alternative spelling of shawarma