chenille
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʃəˈniːl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːl
Noun[edit]
chenille (countable and uncountable, plural chenilles)
- An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweater
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chenille
- chenille (type of fabric)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of chenille (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
genitive | chenillen | chenillejen | ||
partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
accusative | nom. | chenille | chenillet | |
gen. | chenillen | |||
genitive | chenillen | chenillejen chenillein rare | ||
partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
inessive | chenillessa | chenilleissa | ||
elative | chenillesta | chenilleista | ||
illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
adessive | chenillella | chenilleilla | ||
ablative | chenillelta | chenilleilta | ||
allative | chenillelle | chenilleille | ||
essive | chenillena | chenilleina | ||
translative | chenilleksi | chenilleiksi | ||
abessive | chenilletta | chenilleitta | ||
instructive | — | chenillein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin canīcula (“little dog”) (because of a caterpillar's head). Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chenille f (plural chenilles)
- caterpillar
- chenille
- caterpillar track, snow chain
- whirligig (fairground attraction)
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: xenilla
- → English: chenille
- → Italian: ciniglia
- → Romanian: șenilă
- → Russian: шине́ль (šinélʹ), шени́лл (šeníll)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chenille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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