chien

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See also: Chien, chiên, chiến, and chiền

French

Un chien

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (dog).

Pronunciation

  • (Belgium, France) IPA(key): /ʃjɛ̃/
  • (Quebec) IPA(key): /ʃjẽ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -jɛ̃

Noun

chien m (plural chiens, feminine chienne)

  1. dog
    Synonyms: clebs, cabot
  2. cock, hammer (of a firearm)

Adjective

chien (feminine chienne, masculine plural chiens, feminine plural chiennes)

  1. (Louisiana) greedy, stingy

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: chyen

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

chien

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちえん

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chien m (plural chiens)

  1. dog (animal)

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Pronunciation

Noun

chien oblique singularm (oblique plural chiens, nominative singular chiens, nominative plural chien)

  1. dog (animal)

Descendants

Southern Ohlone

Noun

chien

  1. before

References

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861) Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎, volume IV, Cramoisy Press.