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
• → 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/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ʃɨ/

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

• Hyphenation: ca‧ni‧che

Noun

caniche m (plural caniches)

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

   Synonym: poodle

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014