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[hybrid snow]

« un poil » is everywhere on your body, « un cheveu » is usually longer hair on top of your head

« des chevaux » are animals that we can ride and they run fast

[restive thunder]

yeah, but what about cheveaux ? /s
(the answer is "cheveaux" doesn't exist in French)

[lucid arrow]

What isn't it the plural word for hair

[half forge]

cheveux

[lucid arrow]

Oh je suis très stupide

[restive thunder]

you like hitting that like button so much, I'm waiting for you to subscribe to my youtube channel

[lucid arrow]

What is the plural of poil

[restive thunder]

give it a go

you have a 1/2 chance of getting it right

[lucid arrow]

Poils or poix

[restive thunder]

poils

it's a regular noun

[lucid arrow]

"Les poils de mon bras " not " Les cheveux de mon bras" right?

[restive thunder]

la poix is a different word for what it's worth lol
→ pitch in English

[restive thunder]

unless you have like 10 inch hair on your arms, definitely poils lmao

like I'm just imagining someone with like a wig on their arm

[lucid arrow]

I thought cheveux was the only word for hair before but thanks for helping me in this

[worldly garden]

Also, bras is both in singular and plural forms.

[restive thunder]

un cheveu -> a hair on the head
des cheveux -> hair on the head
un poil -> a hair on the body
des poils -> body hair

what's kinda interesting is that English differentiates animal hair from human hair -> fur vs. hair
French doesn't do this
so body hair, poils, is what you talk about for animals

[hybrid snow]

French has fourrure and pelage tho

[lucid arrow]

The mane of a lion or a horse what are they called

[restive thunder]

true!

[hybrid snow]

crinière (not sure it's used for horses? but might be)

[restive thunder]

sounds right?

[lucid arrow]

And a hair of it is un poil, right?

[hybrid snow]

yeah i'd say so too but i might be wrong

[restive thunder]

if you're ever just talking about a one off and it's not from a human's head, it's "un poil"

[hybrid snow]

un poil de crinière yeah if you want to be specific

there's nothing like "a strand of hair" unless i'm forgetting something

[restive thunder]

English being prettier than French for once imo

[worldly garden]

The word does apply to horses.

[hybrid snow]

ah it makes sense cause horse hair is called « crin »