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chevelure

/ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/

chevelure noun: the nebulous part of a comet or star.

Noun

chevelure (plural chevelures)

  1. The nebulous part of a comet or star.
    • A bright star with a considerable milky chevelure1802, William Herschel, Catalogue of 500 new Nebulae, nebulous Stars, planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens
  2. A head of hair.
    • An anarchy of small curls was her chevelure, a dark upland of misrule, every hair asserting its rights over a not discreditable brow.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson
  3. A periwig.

chevelure meaning in Tamil

chevelure in Tamil

ஒன்மீன் படலம்

Forms of chevelure

pluralchevelures

Origin of chevelure

Borrowed from French chevelure.

Questions about chevelure

What does chevelure mean?
Chevelure means the nebulous part of a comet or star.
What is chevelure in Tamil?
Chevelure in Tamil is ஒன்மீன் படலம். See Chevelure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chevelure?
Chevelure is a noun.
How do you pronounce chevelure?
Chevelure is pronounced /ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/.
What is the plural of chevelure?
The plural of chevelure is chevelures.

Words near chevelure in the dictionary

  1. chevaux
  2. chevaux de frise
  3. chevda
  4. cheve
  5. Cheveley
  6. chevelure
  7. chevelures
  8. cheven
  9. chevened
  10. chevener
  11. cheveners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chevelure (page history and authors); chevelure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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