Noun: châtain
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | châtain |
| Plural m | châtains |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like châtain
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
First attested in the end of the 12th century; a back-formation from châtaigne, re-interpreted as a feminine adjective. Alternatively, inherited from Latin castaneus. The feminine châtaine is only attested since the second half of the 18th century; châtaine is also found as a non-palatalized alternative to châtaigne. Compare invariable marron. See: Latin Nouns '
castaneus', Latin Nouns '
castaneus'.
Verbs referencing "châtain"
English Nouns
chestnut, Russian Nouns
шатен, Polish Nouns
szatyn.
Translations