écheveau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French eschevel, from Latin scabellum. See also the doublet escabeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eʃ.vo/ ~ /ɛʃ.vo/

Noun

écheveau m (plural écheveaux)

1. skein
2. (figuratively) web, tangle

Further reading

• “écheveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.