Hair in French 🇫🇷

Cheveu

Cheveu rhymes with shampoo.

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cheveu info.

**Tips to remember the French word “cheveu”**

To remember that “cheveu” means “hair” in French, you might think of the English word “chapeau” which means “hat” – you wear a hat on your head, where your hair is. Since both words sound somewhat similar and are associated with the head, this association might help you remember the French word.

**Explanations**

“Cheveu” is singular in French, and its plural form is “cheveux.” It specifically refers to a single strand of hair on a human head, as opposed to “hair” in English, which can be both singular and plural, and does not need an ‘s’ to indicate a plural amount.

**Other words that mean the same thing**

Other terms related to “cheveu” in French are:
– “Poil” which means “hair” too but is used for body hair or animal fur.
– “Tignasse” is a more familiar term for a head of very thick or unruly hair.

**Alternate meanings like slang**

“Se faire des cheveux blancs” is a French expression that means to worry a lot about something (literally to get white hairs over something).

**Examples of sentences that use it**

– “Elle a un cheveu sur la langue,” literally “She has a hair on her tongue,” which is an idiomatic expression meaning that she speaks with a lisp.
– “Il a un cheveu dans le potage,” which figuratively means “There is a fly in the ointment” or there’s a minor problem.
– “J’ai trouvé un cheveu dans ma soupe,” which means “I found a hair in my soup.”
– “Il ne faut pas se prendre un cheveu.” meaning “Don’t get worked up about it,” where “prendre un cheveu” is an informal expression.

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