Sh-o-ve
But pronounce it as if it was all one syllable.
bald
bald
Il est chauve is the French equivalent of 'He is bald'. In the word by word translation, the personal pronoun 'il' means 'he'. The verb 'est' means '[he/she/it] is'. The adjective 'chauve' means 'bald'.
A bat is "une chauve-souris" (feminine noun). Plural: "des chauves-souris". It is a compound word, modelled after chauve (bald) and souris (mouse).
Feminine describes the gender of the French word chauve-souris. The feminine singular noun, which translates as "bat," with the literal wording of "bald mouse," may be preceded immediately by the feminine singular la since French employs definite articles where English does and does not use "the." The pronunciation will be "(la) shov-soo-ree" in French.
Bald is an English equivalent of 'chauve'. The word in French is pronounced 'shohv'. It's an adjective whose form is the same, regardless of whether the 'bald' individual is female or male.
English: Bald French: Chauve
Chauve is one French equivalent of 'bald'. It may be used as an adjective, or as a masculine gender noun that refers to a bald [headed] man. Lisse is another equivalent of 'bald'. It's the word that's used to describe in French a bald tire.
The word "pronounce" in French is "prononcer."
La tete chauve is the French equivalent of 'the bald head'. Une tete chauve is the French equivalent of 'a bald head'. But it's sufficient to use the adjective on its own, or to use the noun form on its own. For example, the adjective may be used as 'Elle est chauve' ['She's bald']. Or the noun may be used as 'Il est chauve' [He's a bald headed man'].
"Cu" is just how you would pronounce the french word for neck
The word in French is 'contrabandier'.