chenu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chenu, inherited from Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.ny/

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Adjective

chenu (feminine chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)

1. hoary, snow-capped
2. grey-haired, grey-headed
3. elderly

Derived terms

• chenument

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.

Adjective

chenu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)

1. old; aged

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	subject	chenus	chenue	chenu
	oblique	chenu			chenue	chenu
plural	subject	chenu	chenues		chenu
	oblique	chenus			chenues	chenu

Noun

chenu oblique singular, m (oblique plural chenus, nominative singular chenus, nominative plural chenu)

1. old person
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et tuit li juene et li chenu
     A une feste sont venu[.]

     And all the young and old,
     Came to a feast.

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	chenus	chenue
	oblique	chenu	chenue
plural	subject	chenu	chenues
	oblique	chenus	chenues

Descendants

• French: chenu

Swahili

Adjective

chenu

1. Ki class inflected form of -enu.