chenil

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle (“kennel”). Cognate with English kennel, Italian canile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.nil/, /ʃə.ni/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

chenil m (plural chenils)

1. kennel; kennels
2. (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.