Noun: chien
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | chien |
| Singular f | chienne |
| Plural m | chiens |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like chien
Nigérien,
Westphalien,
Abitibien,
sidéen,
pochetron,
omnipraticien,
technicien,
Ciotaden,
Colombien,
opticien,
champion,
Calaisien,
Haïtien,
Phœnicien,
chiromancien,
Akkadien,
Thessalonicien,
Issoirien,
bouffon,
antipoutinien, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).
2. See cognates in regional languages in France : Bourguignon chein, Catalan ca, Corsican cane, cani, Franco-Provençal shin, tsin, Gallo chien, cun, qhun Norman quien, tchian, Occitan can, chin, Picard quien, tchien.
3. See cognates in Romance languages outside France : Aromanian cãni, Galician can, Italian cane, Lombard can, Ladin cian, Portuguese cão, Romanian câine, Sardinian cane, Sicilian cani, Spanish can. See: Latin Nouns '
canis', Catalan Nouns '
ca', Galician Nouns '
can', Italian Nouns '
cane', Portuguese Nouns '
cão', Romanian Nouns '
câine', Spanish Nouns '
can'.
Verbs referencing "chien"
Latvian Nouns
suns.
Translations