kennel
pronunciation
How to pronounce kennel in British English:
UK [ˈkenl]
How to pronounce kennel in American English:
US [ˈkɛnəl]
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- Noun:
- outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
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- Verb:
- put up in a kennel
Word Origin
- kennel
- kennel: [14] Appropriately enough for a word for ‘dog-house’, kennel comes ultimately from Latin canis ‘dog’ (a relative of English hound). Canis was the basis of a Vulgar Latin derivative *canīle, which passed into English via Anglo- Norman *kenil. Other English derivatives of Latin canis include canary, canine [17], and chenille ‘fabric made from soft yarn’ [18], a borrowing from French chenille, literally ‘hairy caterpillar’, which came from a diminutive form of canis.=> canary, canine, chenille, hound
- kennel (n.)
- c. 1300, from Anglo-French *kenil, Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile, from Latin canem (nominative canis) "dog" (see canine (n.)). With suffix as in ovile "sheepfold" from ovus, equile "horse-stable" from equus, etc. As a verb, 1550s, from the noun.
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Example
- 1. They also plan to build a kennel at the graveyard .
- 2. The smell of the kennel was rank , the atmosphere fraught with desperation .
- 3. A german shepherd crossbreed dog namedadolf sits in his kennel in berlinoctober 15 , 2003 .
- 4. Kennel clubs and breed clubs , cast as snobbish or money-grabbing villains by some animal-rights groups , are acutely alive to the increasing prevalence of inherited diseases among their pure-bed dogs .
- 5. Until now , the dutch kennel club , like its fellows , had to issue a pedigree to any puppy born of two certified pure-breeds of the same breed .