how to pronounce chauve

/ʃov/

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chauve is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of chauve in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… passent de la chauve souris à l'homme ce …”

meanings of chauve

adjective:

Bald; devoid of hair; often used substantively.
Bare, barren; devoid of a thing (such as vegetation); often construed with de.

noun:

A bald person.

chauve frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word chauve occurs in french on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.