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A wide inverted V placed on a shieldA V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.: A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
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Meaning
9 sensesA V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.
A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
Sparren, Sparren
шевро́нševrón
шевро́нševrón
an inverted V-shaped charge
(broadly)Anything V-shaped similarly to the classic chevron shape.
(collective)A group of birds in flight, when flying in a V formation, as in cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans and swans.
(UK)One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
A wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world.
Synonym of arrowhead (“horse jump obstacle”).
Any of various symbols.
A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
(informal)A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
Examples
2 sentencesMy bag has chevrons on it.
Please keep two chevrons between you and the car in front.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it lookFrom Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.
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Forms
plural: chevronsSynonyms
7 synonyms- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service:stripestripesgrade insignia