chien

See also: Chien, chiên, chiến, and chiền

French

Un chien

Etymology

From Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canem, from earlier canēs, from Proto-Italic *kō (acc. *kwanem), Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn-i-, derived from *ḱwṓ (acc. *ḱwónm̥). Compare Galician can, Italian cane, Portuguese cão, Romanian câine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃjɛ̃/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -jɛ̃

Noun

chien m (plural chiens, feminine chienne)

  1. dog
  2. cock, hammer (of a firearm)

Adjective

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

  1. (Louisiana) greedy, stingy

Derived 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃjɛn/
  • Rhymes: -en

Noun

chien m (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.

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