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/ˈʃɛvɹɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.27 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
noun
A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
noun
A group of birds in flight, when flying in a V formation, as in cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans and swans.
noun
One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
British usage
noun
A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
Example Sentences
- "Jejeune's canoe sent a chevron of silver ripples scurrying across the mirror-calm surface as it carved its path through the dark water."
- "As I stood in amaze-ment, chevron after chevron after chevron of these massive birds crisscrossed the sky, practically blocking out the sun and creating an unparalleled cacophony of sight and sound."
- "And then we observed what caused us to rub our eyes wonderingly-a chevron of geese gliding directly for the tip of the point."
- "That was the first chevron of geese to pass this way."
- "A chevron of seagulls passes overhead, wings perfectly still."
- "A chevron of ducks flies high overhead."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kápros Proto-Italic *kapros Latin caper Latin *capreus Vulgar Latin *capriō Old French chevronbor. Middle English cheveroun English chevron From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʃɛvɹɑn/
- British English: /ˈʃɛvɹən/