See also: Chien, chiên, chiến, and chiền

French edit

 
Un chien

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (dog).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /ʃjɛ̃/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ʃjẽ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -jɛ̃

Noun edit

chien m (plural chiens, feminine chienne)

  1. dog
    Synonyms: clebs, cabot
  2. cock, hammer (of a firearm)

Adjective edit

chien (feminine chienne, masculine plural chiens, feminine plural chiennes)

  1. (Louisiana) greedy, stingy

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Haitian Creole: chyen

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

chien

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちえん

Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem.

Noun edit

chien m (plural chiens)

  1. dog (animal)

Descendants edit

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin canis, canem.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

chien oblique singularm (oblique plural chiens, nominative singular chiens, nominative plural chien)

  1. dog (animal)

Descendants edit

Southern Ohlone edit

Noun edit

chien

  1. before

References edit

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861) Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎[1], volume IV, Cramoisy Press.