Chevron

//ˈʃɛvɹən//

Synonyms for "chevron" (168 found)

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Translations

43 translations across 23 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • шаўро́н noun (V-shaped pattern)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • нашивка на ръкава noun (V-shaped pattern)

Catalan

1 entries
  • xebró noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏤᏫᎳᏂ noun (V-shaped pattern)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • noun (V-shaped pattern)

Czech

1 entries
  • krokev noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Dutch

1 entries
  • keper noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Finnish

4 entries
  • natsa noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • polviorsi noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • turvavälimerkintä noun (V-shaped marking on the surface of road)
  • väkänen noun (V-shaped pattern)

French

2 entries
  • chevron noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • chevron noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

German

2 entries
  • Sparren noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • Sparren noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Greek

1 entries
  • γαλόνι noun (V-shaped pattern)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • katonai rangjelzés noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • követési távolság jelzése noun (V-shaped marking on the surface of road)

Irish

2 entries
  • rachtán noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • rachtán noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Italian

4 entries
  • frecce segnaletiche noun (V-shaped marking on the surface of road)
  • galloni noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • pipa noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • scaglione noun (V-shaped pattern)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • стропило noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Māori

3 entries
  • kaokao noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • maihi noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • pere tapaono noun (V-shaped pattern)

Norman

1 entries
  • kevron noun (V-shaped pattern)

Polish

3 entries
  • krokiew noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • szewron noun (V-shaped pattern)
  • szewron noun (V-shaped marking on the surface of road)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • asna noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • cabria noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Russian

1 entries
  • шевро́н noun (V-shaped pattern)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cabrio noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • chebrón noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • chevrón noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)
  • sardineta noun (V-shaped pattern)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sparre noun (heraldry: wide inverted V)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шевро́н noun (V-shaped pattern)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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2009, Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point, Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009. I told you that in fact they were called chevrons and it was an exercise by the transport department to teach us to stay two chevrons behind the car in front.

Source: wiktionary

It is pertinent to remember, however, that one of the greatest phoneticians, Jan Hus, used diacritics (in the form of points, which have later become chevrons in his own language), and that his alphabet is the most satisfactory for eastern Europe, since it has been officially adopted by the languages which use the Latin script.

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The symbol ř (“r” with a chevron) is used for a phoneme which sounds like Czech ř (as in Dvořák), i.e. a voiced alveolar flap. The presence of the chevron has no effect on the index numbers used in transliteration; cf. 2.058.

Source: wiktionary

...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow.

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Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

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