Borrowed fromFrenchchenille.Doublet ofcanicule.

• IPA^(key):/ʃəˈniːl/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-iːl

chenille (countable anduncountable,pluralchenilles)

1. An extremely soft andbunchyfabric often used to makesweaters.
   • 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 greenchenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

• chenille plant

• Hellenic

<Frenchchenille

• IPA^(key):/ˈʃenil/,[ˈʃe̞nil]
• IPA^(key):/ˈʃenilːe/,[ˈʃe̞nilːe̞]
• Rhymes:-enil

chenille

1. chenille(type of fabric)

Inherited fromLatincanīcula(“little dog”) (because of a caterpillar's head).Doublet ofcanicule.

• IPA^(key):/ʃə.nij/,/ʃnij/
• (Quebec)IPA^(key):/ʃə.nɪj/,/ʃnɪj/

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chenille f (pluralchenilles)

1. caterpillar
   • 1943,Antoine Saint-Exupéry, chapter IX, inLe petit prince [The Little Prince], New York:Reynal & Hitchcock,page39:

     Il faut bien que je supporte deux ou troischenilles si je veux connaître les papillons.

     Well, I must endure the presence of two or threecaterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

2. chenille
3. caterpillar track,snow chain
4. whirligig (fairground attraction)

• → Catalan:xenilla
• → English:chenille
• → Italian:ciniglia
• → Romanian:șenilă
• → Russian:шине́ль(šinélʹ),шени́лл(šeníll)

• mite
• papillon m

• “chenille”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.