Definition: ankle, dowel, peg, hook
Il s'est foulé la cheville - He sprained his ankle.
Je dois acheter des chevilles - I need to buy some dowels (pegs, hooks, depending on contect).
Expressions: Aucun ne lui arrive à la cheville - He's head and shoulders above the others; avoir les chevilles qui enflent (inf) - to have a swelled head; vendre quelque chose à la cheville - to sell something wholesale
Related: cheviller - to peg; un chevillard - wholesale butcher
More: French body vocabulary
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Il s'est foulé la cheville - He sprained his ankle.
Je dois acheter des chevilles - I need to buy some dowels (pegs, hooks, depending on contect).
Expressions: Aucun ne lui arrive à la cheville - He's head and shoulders above the others; avoir les chevilles qui enflent (inf) - to have a swelled head; vendre quelque chose à la cheville - to sell something wholesale
Related: cheviller - to peg; un chevillard - wholesale butcher
More: French body vocabulary
(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Pronunciation: [sheu veey]Audio Link
