chaume
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of the borrowed calame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃom/
Audio (file) - Homophones: chôme, chômes, chôment
- Rhymes: -om
Noun
chaume m (plural chaumes)
- stubble (in fields)
- thatch (for roof)
Derived terms
- chaumière
Related terms
- chalumeau
Further reading
- “chaume”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.