chenil
Franco-Provençal edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *canīle, derived from Latin canis (“dog”).
Noun edit
chenil m
References edit
- chenil in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
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