chanoine

French

Etymology

Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin canonicus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Doublet of canonique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.nwan/

Noun

chanoine m (plural chanoines, feminine chanoinesse)

1. (religion) canon (person)

See also

• canonicat

Further reading

• “chanoine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.