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)

(religion) canon (person)

Further reading

“chanoine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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