French dictionary
cheveu/ʃə.vø/
noun · A2 · Frequency 702
nounmasculine
Meanings
a single hair on the head
Refers to a single hair, commonly used when describing the quantity or condition of hair.
Examples
J'ai trouvé un cheveu sur la veste propre.
I found a hair on the clean jacket.
Un cheveu est resté coincé dans la fermeture éclair.
A hair got caught in the zipper.
Le coiffeur a retiré délicatement un cheveu de mon visage.
The hairdresser gently removed a hair from my face.
Collocations
- un cheveu blanca single white hair
Common mistakes
Il a un cheveaux sur la veste.
Il a un cheveu sur la veste.
The lemma cheveu refers to a single hair; do not misspell its form as cheveaux.
Related words
synonympoilhair/fur
antonymchauvebald