caniche

See also: câniche

French

caniche

Etymology

From Latin canis or canicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.niʃ/

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Noun

caniche m or f by sense (plural caniches)

1. poodle (dog)

Descendants

• → Basque: kanixe
• → Catalan: caniche
• → Portuguese: caniche
• → Romanian: caniș
• → Spanish: caniche
• → Turkish: kaniş

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chicane, chicané

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French caniche.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈnit.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ni‧che

Noun

caniche m (plural caniches)

1. poodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)

   Synonym: poodle

Further reading

• “caniche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caniche”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “caniche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French caniche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnit͡ʃe/ [kaˈni.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Syllabification: ca‧ni‧che

Noun

caniche m or f (plural caniches)

1. poodle

Further reading

• “caniche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025