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Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

chevron

Synonymes

stripe

grade insignia

stripes

long-service stripe

gallon

chevron moth

chevron tang

service stripe

dancette

black surgeonfish

rafter

Hawaiian bristletooth

Hawaiian kole

Traductions

galón

Sparren

scaglione

asna

chevrón

Zwergstrauch-Haarbüschelspanner

Eulithis testata

xebró

γαλόνι

keper

cabria

gallone

σιρίτι

σαρδέλα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃɛvɹən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: 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.