chauve-souris

== English == === Etymology === From French due to the shape of the blades (see the Wikipedia article) === Noun === chauve-souris (plural chauve-sourises) an ornately bladed corseque (three-bladed polearm), with the lateral blades often shaped like bat-wings == French == === Alternative forms === chauvesouris (1990 spelling reform) souris-chauve, chauvessouriz (obsolete) === Etymology === Used as early as the 8th century in Gallic Late Latin calva sōrex (“bald mouse”); the first element ("bald") may originally be an alteration of Vulgar Latin *cawa (“crow, tawny owl”). Equivalent to chauve (“bald”) +‎ souris (“mouse”). Compare Late Latin mūs caecus (“bat”, literally “blind mouse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃov.su.ʁi/ === Noun === chauve-souris f (plural chauves-souris) bat (a small flying mammal of the order Chiroptera) Synonym: (Louisiana) souris chaude (heraldry) a charge depicting the animal of the same name ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “chauve-souris”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === souche à virus