chaîne

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See also: chaine and chaîné

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, chaiene, caiene, inherited from Latin catēna. Doublet of cadène and catène. The long vowel derives from the Old French hiatus; by analogy the length was expressed with a silent -s- in Middle French, which was then replaced with the circumflex.

Pronunciation

Noun

chaîne f (plural chaînes)

  1. chain
    La chaîne est trop courte, nous n’y arriverons pas.
    The chain is too short, we aren't reaching it.
  2. (television) channel
    Pouvez-vous changer de chaîne, s’il vous plaît?
    Can you change the channel, please?
    • 2015 November 21, “« Storage Wars », une chasse au trésor bien artificielle”, in Le Monde:
      En janvier, 6ter a été la première chaîne à diffuser le format original de « Storage Wars » qui se déroule en Californie et qui a réuni 215 000 téléspectateurs lors de la première diffusion, le 3 janvier, en deuxième partie de soirée.
      In January, 6ter was the first channel to broadcast the original format of Storage Wars, which takes place in California and attracted 215,000 viewers for the first broadcast on January 3 during the prime-time slot.
  3. (textiles) warp
  4. (music) hi-fi or stereo system
  5. (computer science) character string

Derived terms

Verb

chaîne

  1. inflection of chaîner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French chaine, chaene (chain), from Latin catēna (chain), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (to braid, twist; hut, shed).

Pronunciation

Noun

chaîne f (plural chaînes)

  1. (Jersey) chain
  2. (poetic) road, path

Derived terms