chèvre
[ shev-ruh, shev; French she-vruh ]
/ ˈʃɛv rə, ʃɛv; French ˈʃɛ vrə /
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noun
any cheese made from goat's milk.
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Also chev·ret [shuh-vrey]. /ʃəˈvreɪ/.
Origin of chèvre
<French chèvre goat. See chevon
Words nearby chèvre
cheville, Cheviot, Cheviot Hills, chevon, Chevra Kadisha, chèvre, chevrette, chevron, chevronel, chevrotain, chevy
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How to use chèvre in a sentence
The redoubts were protected with chevre du frieze and trip-wires were stretched along the front of the works.
Company G|A. R. (Albert Rowe) BarlowOn the frieze, under some figures bearing festoons, we find this motto: tant grate chevre que mal giste.
Rouen, It's History and Monuments|Thodore Licquet
British Dictionary definitions for chèvre
chèvre
/ (ˈʃɛvrə) /
noun
any cheese made from goats' milk
Word Origin for chèvre
C20: from French, literally: goat
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