chenille
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chenille (countable and uncountable, plural chenilles)
- An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweater
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chenille
- chenille (type of fabric)
Declension edit
Inflection of chenille (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
genitive | chenillen | chenillejen | ||
partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
accusative | nom. | chenille | chenillet | |
gen. | chenillen | |||
genitive | chenillen | chenillejen chenilleinrare | ||
partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
inessive | chenillessa | chenilleissa | ||
elative | chenillesta | chenilleista | ||
illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
adessive | chenillella | chenilleilla | ||
ablative | chenillelta | chenilleilta | ||
allative | chenillelle | chenilleille | ||
essive | chenillena | chenilleina | ||
translative | chenilleksi | chenilleiksi | ||
abessive | chenilletta | chenilleitta | ||
instructive | — | chenillein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin canīcula (“little dog”) (because of a caterpillar's head). Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chenille f (plural chenilles)
- caterpillar
- chenille
- caterpillar track, snow chain
- whirligig (fairground attraction)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: xenilla
- → English: chenille
- → Italian: ciniglia
- → Romanian: șenilă
- → Russian: шине́ль (šinélʹ), шени́лл (šeníll)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “chenille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.