chevrotin

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛvɹə(ʊ)tɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛvɹoʊtɪn/, /-ɹə-/
• Hyphenation: che‧vrot‧in

Noun

chevrotin (plural chevrotins)

1. Alternative form of chevrotain
   • 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:

     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.

Further reading

• “chevrotain | chevrotin, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2019.
• “chevrotain, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

chevrotin m (plural chevrotins)

1. a young roe deer (less than 6 months old)
2. leather from a deer or goat
3. a type of cheese, made from goat's milk, from the Savoy

Adjective

chevrotin (feminine chevrotine, masculine plural chevrotins, feminine plural chevrotines)

1. (relational) of Chevreuse, Chevrières, Chevroz or Chevru

Further reading

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