chenille
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Chenille fabric on a sofa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation
Noun
chenille (countable and uncountable, plural chenilles)
- An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
- 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:
- The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
Derived terms
Translations
extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweater
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
chenille
- chenille (type of fabric)
Declension
| Inflection of chenille (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
| genitive | chenillen | chenillejen | ||
| partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
| illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | chenille | chenillet | ||
| accusative | nom. | chenille | chenillet | |
| gen. | chenillen | |||
| genitive | chenillen | chenillejen chenilleinrare | ||
| partitive | chenillea | chenilleja | ||
| inessive | chenillessa | chenilleissa | ||
| elative | chenillesta | chenilleista | ||
| illative | chenilleen | chenilleihin | ||
| adessive | chenillella | chenilleilla | ||
| ablative | chenillelta | chenilleilta | ||
| allative | chenillelle | chenilleille | ||
| essive | chenillena | chenilleina | ||
| translative | chenilleksi | chenilleiksi | ||
| abessive | chenilletta | chenilleitta | ||
| instructive | — | chenillein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin canīcula (“little dog”) (because of a caterpillar's head). Doublet of canicule.
Pronunciation
Noun
chenille f (plural chenilles)
- caterpillar
- chenille
- caterpillar track, snow chain
- whirligig (fairground attraction)
Descendants
- → Catalan: xenilla
- → English: chenille
- → Italian: ciniglia
- → Romanian: șenilă
- → Russian: шине́ль (šinélʹ), шени́лл (šeníll)
See also
Further reading
- “chenille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.