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)

(religion) canon (person)

See also

canonicat

Further reading

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

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