chevrotin
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)tɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɛvɹoʊtɪn/, /-ɹə-/
- Hyphenation: che‧vrot‧in
Noun
chevrotin (plural chevrotins)
- Alternative form of chevrotain
- 1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Animals of the Sheep and Goat Kind”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], volume III, new edition, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], OCLC 877622212, page 76:
- To this vve may add the Chevrotin, or little Guinea Deer, vvhich is the leaſt of all cloven-footed quadrupeds, and perhaps the moſt beautiful; its legs, at the ſmalleſt part, are not much thicker than the ſhank of a tobacco-pipe; it is about ſeven inches high, and about tvvelve from the point of the noſe to the inſertion of the tail.
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Further reading
- “chevrotain | chevrotin, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2019. - “chevrotain, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
chevrotin m (plural chevrotins)
- 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
Adjective
chevrotin (feminine chevrotine, masculine plural chevrotins, feminine plural chevrotines)
- (relational) of Chevreuse, Chevrières, Chevroz or Chevru
Further reading
- “chevrotin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.