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Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
2. A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
3. (British) One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
4. A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
5. An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
6. (informal) A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
7. A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
8. Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).

Verb

To form or be formed into chevrons

Konzepte

Sparren

Zwergstrauch-Haarbüschelspanner

Dachsparren

bräunlichgelber Haarbüschelspanner

Heidekraut-Haarbüschelspanner

Synonyme

stripe

grade insignia

stripes

long-service stripe

gallon

chevron moth

chevron tang

service stripe

dancette

black surgeonfish

rafter

Hawaiian bristletooth

Hawaiian kole

Übersetzungen

chevron

galón

chevrón

γαλόνι

cabria

keper

xebró

gallone

scaglione

asna

Eulithis testata

Phalaena testata

σαρδέλα

Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈʃɛvɹən/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: cheveroun

In summary

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.