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10,231 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

cheval-garou
noun, masculine
werehorse
cheval-jupon
noun, masculine
hobby horse; a horse costume used in festivals, dances, and play
cheval-vapeur
noun, masculine
metric horsepower
chevalement
noun, masculine
winding tower
chevaleresque
adjective
chivalry; chivalrous (relating to Medieval chivalry); chivalrous, gallant
chivalrously
chevalerie
noun, feminine
chivalry (state of being a knight in the Middles Ages)
chevalet
noun, masculine
rack (torture instrument); horse (torture instrument); trestle, support; easel; bridge (of guitar, violin, etc.)
chevalier
noun, masculine
knight; sandpiper (bird)
chevalier d'industrie
noun, masculine
knight of industry, sharper, crook (professional thief who makes his living by cheating)
gay man, homosexual man
chevalier errant
noun, masculine
knight-errant (a knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry)
chevalier servant
noun, masculine
cicisbeo, knight in shining armor, escort, devoted admirer
chevalin
adjective
horse; equine
chevalière
noun, feminine
signet ring; female equivalent of chevalier
chevauchement
noun, masculine
overlap
to straddle, be astride; to span, sit/be across; to ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging; to overlap
chevauchée
noun, feminine
ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging
chevelu
adjective
hairy, long-haired
chevelure
noun, feminine
head of hair; tail (of a comet)
chevesne
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of chevaine
chevet
noun, masculine
bedside; apse, chevet
cheveu
noun, masculine
a headhair
cheveux blancs
noun, masculine
silver-haired person
cheveux en bataille
noun, masculine
tousled hairs, dishevelled hairs, scruffy hairs, unkempt hairs, messy hairs
chevillage
noun, masculine
pegging
cheville
noun, feminine
ankle; dowel, peg; wall plug; cheville
cheville ouvrière
noun, feminine
linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)
To fasten using a peg.; To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo.
chevillette
noun, feminine
a latch hidden in a door with the tab sticking through a slot; an unidentified part of the locking mechanism of Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother's door
chevillier
noun, masculine
pegbox (on a violin etc)
chevillé
adjective
pinned, pegged (attached by a pin, peg)
deeply attached; strongly rooted; intimately linked to an object or person as a key part of it
chevreau
noun, masculine
kid (young goat); goatskin
chevrette
noun, feminine
kid (young, female goat); doe (female deer)
chevrette
noun, feminine
shrimp
chevreuil
noun, masculine
roe deer, roebuck; any of various local species of deer in the genus Odocoileus; mostly the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
chevrier
noun, masculine
goatherd
chevron
noun, masculine
rafter; chevron
chevronné
adjective
experienced, seasoned
chevrotant
adjective
quavering; shaking
to quaver; to bleat
chevrotin
noun, masculine
a young roe deer (less than 6 months old); leather from a deer or goat; a type of cheese, made from goat's milk, from the Savoy
chevrotin
adjective
of Chevreuse, Chevrières, Chevroz or Chevru
chevrotine
noun, feminine
buckshot
chevêche
noun, feminine
little owl (Athene noctua)
burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia, syn. Speotyto cunicularia)
chevêchette
noun, feminine
A very small owl; namely, a pygmy owl, elf owl or long-whiskered owlet.
chevêchette d'Europe
noun, feminine
Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
chevêtre
noun, masculine
halter
chewing-gum
noun, masculine
chewing gum
cheyenne
noun, masculine
Cheyenne language
cheyenne
adjective
Cheyenne
chez
preposition
to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of; by extension, to, at or in the country of; in; among (a group of things or people of the same type); in the work of (an author or artist)
chez soi
adjective
at home (at one's abode); at home (comfortable)
chez-soi
noun, masculine
home, nest
chiac
noun, masculine
a language and distinct dialect of Acadian French, with linguistic roots from the Mi'kmaq language and also terms or expressions corrupted by the surrounding English language, it is spoken by Chiac-Acadians primarily in rural southeastern New Brunswick. It is often malapropped or confused with Acadian Franglais; Language spoken mainly by the ethnic Chiac Acadians of southeastern New Brunswick, but occasionally also by non-Chiac French Acadians of the region; a mixed person of Wabanaki-Acadia, with primarily Indigenous and Acadian ancestry, originating from the rural southeast coast of New B...
chiadé
adjective
thorough (made with special care)
to cry; to complain
chialeux
adjective
who is complaining often