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/
Noun
chenil m (plural chenils)
Related terms
Further reading
- “chenil” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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