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Yes. The word cheval is a Scrabble US word. The word cheval is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cheval is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3H4E1V4A1L1

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6-letter words (1 found)

CHEVAL,

5-letter words (7 found)

CALVE,CAVEL,CHAVE,CHELA,CLAVE,HALVE,LEACH,

4-letter words (17 found)

ACHE,ALEC,AVEL,CAVE,CHAL,CHAV,EACH,HALE,HAVE,HEAL,LACE,LAVE,LECH,LEVA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (17 found)

ACE,ACH,ALE,AVE,CAL,CEL,CHA,CHE,ECH,HAE,LAC,LAH,LAV,LEA,LEV,VAC,VAE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AH,AL,CH,EA,EH,EL,HA,HE,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from cheval according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cheval

cheval

Etymology

Borrowed from French cheval. See cavalcade. Doublet of caple.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛˈvɑl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

cheval (plural chevaux)

  1. (obsolete) Only in compounds : a horse; hence, a support or frame.
  2. A long mirror.

Derived terms

  • cheval glass

Anagrams

  • chavel

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.

Noun

cheval m (plural chevaus, feminine égva)

  1. horse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French cheval, from Old French cheval, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃə.val/

Noun

cheval m (plural chevaux, feminine jument)

  1. horse
  2. horsepower
  3. (slang) tall and slim woman, beautiful woman (only in the feminine form, jument)
  4. (slang) horse, H (narcotic)

Hypernyms

  • équidé

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cavalier
  • cavalerie
  • chevaleresque
  • chevalin
  • chevalier
  • chevaucher

Descendants

  • Antillean Creole: chouval
  • Canadian French: joual
  • Guianese Creole: chouval
  • Haitian Creole: chwal
  • Michif: zhwal
  • → English: cheval
  • → Esperanto: ĉevalo
  • → Garifuna: xuval
  • → Malagasy: soavaly
  • → Mi'kmaq: te'sipow

See also

  • équin
  • équitation

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French cheval.

Noun

cheval m (plural chevaux or chevaulx)

  1. horse

Related terms

  • chevalier

Descendants

  • French: cheval
    • Antillean Creole: chouval
    • Canadian French: joual
    • Guianese Creole: chouval
    • Haitian Creole: chwal
    • Michif: zhwal
    • → English: cheval
    • → Esperanto: ĉevalo
    • → Garifuna: xuval
    • → Malagasy: soavaly
    • → Mi'kmaq: te'sipow

Old French

Alternative forms

  • keval (northern)
  • chival

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caballus.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃəˈval/, /t͡ʃi-/, (northern) /kə-/

Noun

cheval oblique singular, m (oblique plural chevaus or chevax or chevals, nominative singular chevaus or chevax or chevals, nominative plural cheval)

  1. horse
    • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
    • EREC de son cheval desçant[.]
      -Erec got down from his horse.

Related terms

  • chevalier

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: chevau, ch'vau, g'vau, z'vau
  • Champenois: cheveau, tchevau
  • Middle French: cheval (see there for further descendants)
  • Lorrain: tchevâ
  • Norman: queval
  • Picard: cval, cvau
  • Walloon: tchivå, tchvå
  • → Gascon: chivau

References

  • cheval on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Source: wiktionary.org