chemin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Inherited from Late Latin cammīnus.

chemin m (plural chemins) (ORB, broad)

1. path, way

   Synonym: rota

• chemenar

• chemin in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• chemin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 262: “le chemin” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “cammīnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 144

Inherited from Middle French chemin, from Old French chemin, from Early Medieval Latin cammīnus, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman, from *kengeti + *-sman.

• IPA^(key): /ʃə.mɛ̃/

chemin m (plural chemins)

1. path, way, road

   Synonym: sentier

2. (Louisiana) road

   Synonym: route

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

Inherited from Old French chemin, from Early Medieval Latin cammīnus, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman, from *kengeti + *-sman.

chemin m (plural chemins)

1. path; way

• French: chemin

• cemin, kemin (northern)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cammīnus, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman, from *kengeti + *-sman.

• (classical) IPA^(key): /tʃəˈmin/, (northern) /kəˈmin/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃəˈmin/, (northern) /kəˈmin/

chemin oblique singular, m (oblique plural chemins, nominative singular chemins, nominative plural chemin)

1. route; way

   Synonyms: curs, route, voie

• Middle French: chemin
  • French: chemin
• Norman: ch'min (Guernsey), c'mîn (Jersey), quémîn
• Walloon: tchimin