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chèvre

goat

noun SHEV-ruh Less Common

Origin: Latin capra (goat)

Usage Note

chèvre also refers to goat's-milk cheese (fromage de chèvre), simply called un chèvre in informal speech. The male is le bouc. The idiom ménager la chèvre et le chou means to try to please everyone (literally 'to look after the goat and the cabbage').

Examples

"La chèvre broute l'herbe dans le pré."

Natural Translation

The goat grazes in the meadow.

Literal Translation

The goat grazes the grass in the meadow.

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