Polyglot Dictionary

chenille

/ʃə.nij/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les chenilles

Meaning

  1. caterpillar

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Raupe

Raupe is the German word for the same thing — both mean "caterpillar."

Spanish

oruga

oruga is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "caterpillar."

Portuguese

lagarta

lagarta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "caterpillar."

Practice

1 What does chenille mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ se transforme en papillon.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chenille?

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