chèvre
French
noun
Definitions
- a she-goat
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chevre inherited from Old French chievre inherited from Latin capra (goat, she-goat) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (he-goat, buck, male hooved animal).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kápros
Gloss
he-goat, buck, male hooved animal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- caprid English
- caprigenous English
- chevon English
- chevrette English
- chèvre English
- *capraricia Latin
- *capruneus Latin
- caper Latin
- capra Latin
- capreolus Latin
- caprifolium Latin
- caprārius Latin
- caprūnus Latin
- cervicapra Latin
- capra Italian
- chevreau French
- chevrette French
- chevrier French
- chevroter French
- cabrito Spanish, Castilian
- chivito Spanish, Castilian
- chivo Spanish, Castilian
- *kápros Proto-Indo-European
- cabra Portuguese
- cabreiro Portuguese
- cabrito Portuguese
- cabrão Portuguese
- *habraz Proto-Germanic
- *hafraz Proto-Germanic
- chevrel Old French
- chievre Old French
- kievre Old French
- capră Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- σεβρό Greek (modern)
- chevre Middle French
- cabra Old Portuguese
- *gabros Proto-Celtic
- caprã Aromanian
- cabra Occitan
- caura Romansh
- chaura Romansh
- chavra Romansh
- chevra Romansh
- tgora Romansh
- cabra Asturian
- cjavre Friulian
- cabra Old Occitan
- cabra Old Spanish
- crapa Sicilian
- cavra Venetian
- capraina Dalmatian
- sevret Mauritian Creole
- tchive Walloon
- cheivre Bourguignon
- càvara Istriot
- craba Aragonese
- chibo Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- sevret Seychellois Creole
- chiévra Franco-Provençal
- chivo Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- šib Zoogocho Zapotec
- chivo Morelos Nahuatl