chanoine
French
Etymology
Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin canonicus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Doublet of canonique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃa.nwan/
Noun
chanoine m (plural chanoines, feminine chanoinesse)
- (religion) canon (person)
See also
- canonicat
Further reading
- “chanoine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.