chenu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.ny/

Adjective

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

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

Further reading

• “chenu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Late Latin cānūtus, from Latin cānus.

Adjective

chenu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)

1. old; aged

Noun

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

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

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

     All all the young and the old
     Came to the feast.

Adjective

chenu

1. Ki class inflected form of -enu.