Chantilly

See also: chantilly

English

Etymology

From French Chantilly, from Medieval Latin Chantileium, ultimately from Gallo-Roman personal name in Latin Cantilius.

Proper noun

Chantilly

1. A city in the Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France, formerly in Picardy.
2. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States.
3. A neighbourhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Chantilly cream
• Chantilly lace
• Chantilly porcelain
• Chantilly-Tiffany, Chantilly/Tiffany

Related terms

• crème Chantilly

Translations

city in France

• French: Chantilly (fr)

Noun

Oppurtune Fax O’ Life, a solid chocolate Chantilly (sense 1) of breeder Tracy Oraas (1995)

Chantilly (countable and uncountable, plural Chantillies)

2. (countable) A medium-sized, longhair domestic cat breed, originating in Canada and the United States.

   Synonyms: Chantilly-Tiffany, Chantilly/Tiffany, Foreign Longhair

3. (uncountable) Short for Chantilly cream.

Translations

domestic cat breed

• Marathi: शांतिली (śāntilī)
• Russian: шинши́лла (ru) f (šinšílla)