chevet

French [Term?], head of the bed, diminutive from chef (“head”).

chevet (plural chevets)

1. (architecture) An apse chapel

Inherited from Old French chevez, from Latin capitium.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.vɛ/

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chevet m (plural chevets)

1. bedside
2. (architecture) apse, chevet

• livre de chevet
• table de chevet

• “chevet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.