noun, masculine/ʃjɛ̃/plural: chiens
dog; cock, hammer (of a firearm)
Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).
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.
See cognates in Romance languages outside France : Aromanian cãni, Galician can, Italian cane, Lombard can, Portuguese cão, Romanian câine, Sardinian cane, Sicilian cani, Spanish can.
adjective/ʃjɛ̃/
greedy, stingy
Related: à ne pas mettre un chien dehors, chasse-chien, chien à perdrix, chien chaud, chien d'aveugle, chien de chasse, chien de garde, chien de Jean de Nivelle, chien de la casse, chien de poche
Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).
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.
See cognates in Romance languages outside France : Aromanian cãni, Galician can, Italian cane, Lombard can, Portuguese cão, Romanian câine, Sardinian cane, Sicilian cani, Spanish can.