cheville

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cheville. Doublet of clavicle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃəˈviː/, /ʃəˈviːl/ Rhymes: -iː, -iːl === Noun === cheville (plural chevilles) (poetry) A word or phrase whose only function is to make a sentence metrically balanced. == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French cheville, from Vulgar Latin *cavicla, dissimilated and syncopated form of Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clavicule, a borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃə.vij/, (informal) /ʃfij/ === Noun === cheville f (plural chevilles) ankle dowel, peg wall plug (poetry) cheville ==== Derived terms ==== arriver à la cheville avoir les chevilles qui enflent cheville ouvrière chevillette en cheville ==== Related terms ==== clé === Further reading === “cheville”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === kevile (Northern) === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *cāvicla < *cāvicula, from Classical Latin clāvicula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈvi.ʎə/ === Noun === cheville oblique singular, f (oblique plural chevilles, nominative singular cheville, nominative plural chevilles) ankle (anatomy) ==== Related terms ==== clef ==== Descendants ==== French: cheville Norman: g'vil'ye, gvil (Sark), quevîle (continental)