chenu
French
Etymology
From Old French chenu, inherited from Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃə.ny/
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Adjective
chenu (feminine chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)
- hoary, snow-capped
- grey-haired, grey-headed
- elderly
Derived terms
- chenument
Further reading
- “chenu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.
Adjective
chenu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)
- old; aged
Declension
Declension of chenu
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | chenus | chenue | chenu |
Oblique | chenu | |||
Plural | Subject | chenu | chenues | |
Oblique | chenus |
Noun
chenu m (oblique plural chenus, nominative singular chenus, nominative plural chenu)
- old person
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Et tuit li juene et li chenu
A une feste sont venu[.]- All all the young and the old
Came to the feast.
- All all the young and the old
- Et tuit li juene et li chenu
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Declension
Declension of chenu
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | chenus | chenue |
Oblique | chenu | chenue | |
Plural | Subject | chenu | chenues |
Oblique | chenus | chenues |
Descendants
- French: chenu
Swahili
Adjective
chenu
- Ki class inflected form of -enu.