Inherited fromOld Frenchchenil, fromVulgar Latin*canīle(“kennel”). Cognate withEnglishkennel,Italiancanile.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.nil/,/ʃə.ni/

• Audio(France (Vosges)):

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chenil m (pluralchenils)

1. kennel;kennels
2. (colloquial, figuratively)pigsty(dirty or very untidy place)

• chien

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

• *kenil(northern)

FromVulgar Latin*canīle, derived fromLatincanis(“dog”).

cheniloblique singular, m (oblique pluralchenizorchenilz,nominative singularchenizorchenilz,nominative pluralchenil)^[1]

1. kennel

• quenillier

• French:chenil
• Poitevin-Saintongeais:chni,cheneuil
• Walloon:tchini
• → Middle English:kenel,kenell
  • English:kennel

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