chenu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chenu, inherited from Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.ny/

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Adjective

chenu (feminine chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)

1. hoary, snow-capped
2. grey-haired, grey-headed
3. elderly

Derived terms

• chenument

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.

Adjective

chenu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)

1. old; aged

Declension

Declension of chenu

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	chenus	chenue	chenu
	Oblique	chenu			chenue	chenu
Plural	Subject	chenu	chenues		chenu
	Oblique	chenus			chenues	chenu

Noun

chenu oblique singular, m (oblique plural chenus, nominative singular chenus, nominative plural chenu)

1. old person
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et tuit li juene et li chenu
     A une feste sont venu[.]

     All all the young and the old
     Came to the feast.

Declension

  Declension of chenu  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	Subject	chenus	chenue
	Oblique	chenu	chenue
Plural	Subject	chenu	chenues
	Oblique	chenus	chenues

Descendants

• French: chenu

Swahili

Adjective

chenu

1. Ki class inflected form of -enu.