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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Chevrolet

Pronunciation / Transliteration: she-vro-le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Chevy/ˈtʃɛvi/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha comprato una vecchia Chevy restaurata."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An informal term for an automobile manufactured by the Chevrolet division of General Motors.

    "They loaded up the old Chevy and drove down to the coast for the weekend."
As verb
  1. 1

    To chase, rally, or playfully harass someone (derived from the historical hunting ballad 'Chevy Chase').

    "The children spent the afternoon cheviying each other around the park."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the surname of Louis Chevrolet, co-founder of the Chevrolet motor vehicle company established in 1911. Over the 20th century, it evolved into a ubiquitous colloquial American truncation used to denote automobiles produced by the brand, and historically also relates to the old English ballad 'Chevy Chase' denoting a raid or chase.

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