chenier

See also: Chenier

English

Etymology

From (Louisiana) French chênière, from chêne (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəˈnɛəɹ/, or sometimes like Louisiana French, /ˌʃɛnˈjɛəɹ/

Noun

chenier (usually uncountable, plural cheniers)

1. (Louisiana) An area of scrub oak growing in an accumulation of alluvial soil in a stream, creek, bayou, marsh or river.
2. A beach ridge consisting of sand or crushed shells raised above mudflats forming part of a strand plain.

Alternative forms

• cheniere

Anagrams

• Cherine, cheerin', rice hen