chevrotain en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)teɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈʃɛvɹəˌteɪn/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from French chevrotain, chevrotin (“ruminant of the family Tragulidae”), the diminutive of Old French chevrot (“young goat, kid”), itself a diminutive of chievre (“goat”) (modern French chèvre (“she-goat”)) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Chievre is derived from Latin capra (“she-goat”), from caper (“billy goat, he-goat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“billy goat, he-goat”)) + -a (suffix forming feminine counterparts of masculine nouns).
Meanings
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Any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae, native to tropical rainforests of South and Southeast Asia, and Central and West Africa.
To this vve may add the Chevrotin, or little Guinea Deer, vvhich is the leaſt of all cloven-footed quadrupeds, and perhaps the moſt beautiful; its legs, at the ſmalleſt part, are not much thicker than the ſhank of a tobacco-pipe; it is about ſeven inches high, and about tvvelve from the point of the noſe to the inſertion of the tail.
1791, Oliver Goldsmith, “Of Animals of the Sheep and Goat Kind”, in An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature. […], new edition, volume III, London: […] F[rancis] Wingrave, successor to Mr. [John] Nourse, […], →OCLC, page 76:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chevrotains | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
yellow-striped chevrotain · Balabac chevrotain · larger Malayan chevrotain · water chevrotain · Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain · silver-backed chevrotain · lesser Malayan chevrotain · larger Malay chevrotain · lesser Malay chevrotain · Indian spotted chevrotain
Synonyms
Translations (61)
ace peulandôk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · fi kääpiökauris (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · cy gafrewigan (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · sw paa-chonge (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · th กระจง (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pt tragulídeo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · kn ಬರ್ಕ (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · nn dvergmoskusdyr (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · cmn 鼷鹿 (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · hu kancsil (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · mvv palanuk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · kqr palanduk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · tl kidang (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · sv mushjort (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · tl pilandok (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ka ირმულასებრნი (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · es vioña (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · vi cheo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ml കൂരമാൻ (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · nl dwerghert (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · az maralçalar (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pt trágulo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · mel pelanuok (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · bdr panduk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · es ciervo ratón (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ban kancil (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ml ചെവ്റോടെയ്ൻ (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · su pecang (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pt cervo-rato (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · sne pironuk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · nb dvergmoskusdyr (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · de Zwergböckchen (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ms kancil (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · vi cheo cheo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · lt kančiliai (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pac dyéng (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ar طرغولية (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · es dorcaterio (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · mr पिसूरी हरीण (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ja 豆鹿 (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · de Hirschferkel (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pl kanczyl (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ca tràgul (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · te మౌస్ డీర్ (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ga seibhreatán (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · fr chevrotain (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ga fia luiche (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · eo tragolo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ta சருகுமான் (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · bg еленчета (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · sib pelanok (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · pl myszojeleń (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · id kancil (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · my ငယ် (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · it tragulo (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · nl dwergmuskusdier (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · id pelanduk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · lt elniukiniai (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · jv kancil (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · bg мишевидните елени (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae) · ms pelanduk (any of several small hornless ruminants of the family Tragulidae)