Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheville

/ʃəˈviː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cheville
IPA: /ʃəˈviː/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.

Example Sentences

"The genius of prose rejects the cheville no less emphatically than the laws of verse; and the cheville, I should perhaps explain to some of my readers, is any meaningless or very watered phrase employed to strike a balance in the sound."
"The practice of using chevilles was very common in old Irish poetry, and a bad practice it was; for many a good poem is quite spoiled by the constant and wearisome recurrence of these chevilles."

Etymology

Borrowed from French cheville. Doublet of clavicle.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: cheville

Inflected Forms

chevilles (plural)

Rhymes With

the be he we me she see three free -free big three de

Questions

How do you pronounce cheville?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃəˈviː/.
What does cheville mean?: A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced.
Where does cheville come from?: It is traced to French.

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