chauve-souris

Signification (Anglais)

1. bat (a small flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
2. a charge depicting the animal of the same name

Synonymes

batte

lécher

vaincre

chauvesouris

roussette

chiroptère

🦇

chiroptera

bac

⛴️

batte de cricket

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃov.su.ʁi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Used as early as the 8th century in Gallic Late Latin calva sōrex (“bald mouse”); the first element ("bald") may originally be an alteration of Vulgar Latin *cawa (“crow, tawny owl”). Equivalent to chauve (“bald”) + souris (“mouse”).