kennel

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English

Etymology 1

A kennel, a shelter for a dog.
A kennel of dogs in the kennels of Château de Cheverny, France.

From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

Pronunciation

Noun

kennel (plural kennels)

  1. A house or shelter for a dog.
    Synonym: (US) doghouse
    – We want to look at the dog kennels.
    – That's the pet department, second floor.
    • c. 1515-1516, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:
      A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
      Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
      Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
      Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
  2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
    Synonyms: pound, shelter
    The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
    She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
  3. (UK, collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
    Synonym: pack
    • 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 4, scene 2:
      A little herd of England's timorous deer, / Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs!
    • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, “IX: Working Aristocracy”, in Past and Present, book 3:
      A world of mere Patent-Digesters will soon have nothing to digest: such world ends, and by Law of Nature must end, in ‘over-population;’ in howling universal famine, ‘impossibility,’ and suicidal madness, as of endless dog-kennels run rabid.
  4. The hole of a fox or other animal.
    Synonyms: burrow, den
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Verb

kennel (third-person singular simple present kennels, present participle kenneling or kennelling, simple past and past participle kenneled or kennelled)

  1. (transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
    While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
  2. (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
  3. (transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
    • 1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion:
      This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.
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Etymology 2

A kennel or gutter.

From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (channel; canal), from Latin canna (reed, cane), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, reed), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.

Pronunciation

Noun

kennel (plural kennels)

  1. (obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
    Synonym: trough
  2. (obsolete) A puddle.
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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English kennel, from Anglo-Norman kenil, from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.nəl/
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  • Hyphenation: ken‧nel

Noun

kennel m (plural kennels, diminutive kenneltje n)

  1. kennel

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Finnish

Etymology

< Vulgar Latin *canile via Germanic languages, ultimately from Latin canis

Pronunciation

Noun

kennel

  1. kennel (facility at which dogs are reared or boarded)

Declension

Inflection of kennel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kennel kennelit
genitive kennelin kennelien
partitive kenneliä kennelejä
illative kenneliin kenneleihin
singular plural
nominative kennel kennelit
accusative nom. kennel kennelit
gen. kennelin
genitive kennelin kennelien
partitive kenneliä kennelejä
inessive kennelissä kenneleissä
elative kennelistä kenneleistä
illative kenneliin kenneleihin
adessive kennelillä kenneleillä
ablative kenneliltä kenneleiltä
allative kennelille kenneleille
essive kennelinä kenneleinä
translative kenneliksi kenneleiksi
abessive kennelittä kenneleittä
instructive kennelein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kennel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kennelini kennelini
accusative nom. kennelini kennelini
gen. kennelini
genitive kennelini kennelieni
partitive kenneliäni kennelejäni
inessive kennelissäni kenneleissäni
elative kennelistäni kenneleistäni
illative kenneliini kenneleihini
adessive kennelilläni kenneleilläni
ablative kenneliltäni kenneleiltäni
allative kennelilleni kenneleilleni
essive kennelinäni kenneleinäni
translative kennelikseni kenneleikseni
abessive kennelittäni kenneleittäni
instructive
comitative kenneleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kennelisi kennelisi
accusative nom. kennelisi kennelisi
gen. kennelisi
genitive kennelisi kenneliesi
partitive kenneliäsi kennelejäsi
inessive kennelissäsi kenneleissäsi
elative kennelistäsi kenneleistäsi
illative kenneliisi kenneleihisi
adessive kennelilläsi kenneleilläsi
ablative kenneliltäsi kenneleiltäsi
allative kennelillesi kenneleillesi
essive kennelinäsi kenneleinäsi
translative kenneliksesi kenneleiksesi
abessive kennelittäsi kenneleittäsi
instructive
comitative kenneleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kennelimme kennelimme
accusative nom. kennelimme kennelimme
gen. kennelimme
genitive kennelimme kenneliemme
partitive kenneliämme kennelejämme
inessive kennelissämme kenneleissämme
elative kennelistämme kenneleistämme
illative kenneliimme kenneleihimme
adessive kennelillämme kenneleillämme
ablative kenneliltämme kenneleiltämme
allative kennelillemme kenneleillemme
essive kennelinämme kenneleinämme
translative kenneliksemme kenneleiksemme
abessive kennelittämme kenneleittämme
instructive
comitative kenneleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kennelinne kennelinne
accusative nom. kennelinne kennelinne
gen. kennelinne
genitive kennelinne kennelienne
partitive kenneliänne kennelejänne
inessive kennelissänne kenneleissänne
elative kennelistänne kenneleistänne
illative kenneliinne kenneleihinne
adessive kennelillänne kenneleillänne
ablative kenneliltänne kenneleiltänne
allative kennelillenne kenneleillenne
essive kennelinänne kenneleinänne
translative kenneliksenne kenneleiksenne
abessive kennelittänne kenneleittänne
instructive
comitative kenneleinenne

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