chenil
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle (“kennel”). Cognate with English kennel, Italian canile.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chenil m (plural chenils)
- kennel; kennels
- (colloquial, figuratively) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chenil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- *kenil (northern)
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *canīle, derived from Latin canis (“dog”).
Noun[edit]
chenil oblique singular, m (oblique plural cheniz or chenilz, nominative singular cheniz or chenilz, nominative plural chenil)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: chenil
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: chni, cheneuil
- Walloon: tchini
- → Middle English: [Term?]
- English: kennel
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*canīle”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 190
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