cerveau

From Middle French cerveau, cervel, from Old French cervel, from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vo/

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• Rhymes: -o

cerveau m (plural cerveaux)

1. brain

• cervelle
• cervelet

• “cerveau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “cerveau” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
• “cerveau” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

• évacuer

• cervel

From Old French cervel.

cerveau m (plural cerveaux)

1. brain

• French: cerveau