chauvin

Syllable Decomposition

chauvin

from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, the archetype of the patriotic and exalted soldier of the Empire, portrayed by the Cogniard brothers in La Cocarde Tricolore and then by Eugène Scribe.

Definition

Feminine

chauvine

Plural

chauvins

Translations

  • italianitalian:sciovinista

See also

Chauvin (pn.) chauvin (adj.) chauvinisme (cn.) chauviniste (adj.)