cagne

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cagna.

Noun

cagne f (plural cagnes) (ORB large)

1. female dog

   Synonym: chena

   Coordinate term: chin m

References

• chienne in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• cagne in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1098: “la cagna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 279: “chienne” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*cania”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 183

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɲ.ɲe/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲe
• Hyphenation: cà‧gne

Noun

cagne f

1. plural of cagna

Anagrams

• cange