chenil
French
Etymology
From Old French, inherited from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis (“dog”). Compare English kennel, which is derived ultimately from the same source but via an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant which preserved the /k/ sound and hence adopted the /k/ spelling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃə.nil/
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Noun
chenil m (plural chenils)
- kennel; kennels
- (colloquial, figuratively) pigsty (dirty or very untidy place)
Related terms
- chien
Further reading
- “chenil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.