chenu
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French chenu, inherited from Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editchenu (feminine chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “chenu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.
Adjective
editchenu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)
Declension
editDeclension of chenu
Noun
editchenu oblique singular, m (oblique plural chenus, nominative singular chenus, nominative plural chenu)
- old person
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Et tuit li juene et li chenu
A une feste sont venu[.]- And all the young and old,
Came to a feast.
- And all the young and old,
Declension
edit Declension of chenu
Descendants
edit- French: chenu
Swahili
editAdjective
editchenu
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