chaland

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.lɑ̃/
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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French chalant, the present participle of chaloir.

Alternative forms

Noun

chaland m (plural chalands, feminine chalande)

  1. a regular client, a returning client; a customer (in the etymological sense)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χελάνδιον (khelándion, “chelandion, dromon”).

Noun

chaland m (plural chalands)

  1. barge (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters)
    • 1886, Émile Zola, L'Œuvre, page 254:
      […] des bêtes et des hommes tiraient, s’essoufflaient, sur les gros pavés en pente qui descendaient jusqu’à l’eau, à ce bord de granit où s’amarrait une double rangée de chalands et de péniches; […]
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