chemin

From Middle French chemin, from Old French chemin, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish. Cognate with Occitan camin, Catalan camí, Italian cammino, Portuguese caminho, Spanish camino, and Walloon tchimin.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.mɛ̃/

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chemin m (plural chemins)

1. path, way
2. (Louisiana) road

• acheminer
• chemin de fer
• cheminer
  • cheminement

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

From Old French chemin.

chemin m (plural chemins)

1. path; way

• French: chemin

• cemin (Picardy)

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cammīnus, from Gaulish.

• IPA^(key): /tʃəˈmĩn/

chemin m (oblique plural chemins, nominative singular chemins, nominative plural chemin)

1. route; way

• curs
• route
• voie

• French: chemin
• Norman: ch'min, (Guernsey), c'mîn (Jersey)