English Explanatory Dictionary

kennel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A house or shelter for a dog.
  2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
  3. The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
  4. The hole of a fox or other animal.
verb
  1. To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
  2. To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
  3. To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
noun
  1. The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
  2. A puddle.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɛn.əl/ [ˈkʰɛn.əl] ~ [ˈkʰɛn.l̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kennel.wav

Word forms

kennel kennels kenneling kennelling kenneled kennelled

Etymology

PIE word *ḱwṓ From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

Synonyms

doghouse pound shelter pack burrow den trough

Derived words

enkennel ken kennel club kennel coal kennel cough kennel council kennelful kennellike kennelmaid kennel maid kennelman kennelmate kennel raker kennel-raker kennelwoman skip-kennel unkennel

Translations

Ahtna: łicʼae konaxeʼ Arabic: وِجَار Arabic: بَيْت اَلْكَلْب Basque: txakurtegi Belarusian: бу́дка Belarusian: пся́рня Belarusian: сабака́рня Bulgarian: кучешка колиба Burmese: ခွေးအိမ် Chinese Mandarin: 狗屋 Dutch: kennel Dutch: hondenhok Esperanto: hundejo Esperanto: hundujo Finnish: koirankoppi Finnish: kennel Finnish: koiratarha French: niche French: chenil Galician: canil Georgian: საძაღლე Georgian: ქოხი Georgian: ქოხმახი German: Hundehütte German: Zwinger German: Hundezwinger German: Hundeasyl German: Hundeheim German: Hundezucht Greek: σκυλόσπιτο Greek: κυνοτροφείο Hebrew: מְלוּנָה Hungarian: kutyaól Hungarian: kutyaház Hungarian: kutyatenyészet Hungarian: ebtenyészet Icelandic: hundakofi Irish: cró madra Irish: conchró Irish: conchró coinneála Italian: canile Italian: cuccia Japanese: 犬小屋 Korean: 개집 Macedonian: кучкарник Malay: رومه انجيڠ Malay: رومه اسو Malay: rumah anjing Malay: rumah asu Malay: tempat perlindungan anjing Navajo: łééchąąʼí bighan Norman: niche Norman: câniche Norwegian: hundehus Occitan: canigon Old English: hunda hūs Persian: سگدانی Plautdietsch: Hunjsklotje Polish: buda Portuguese: canil Portuguese: casota Portuguese: casinha de cachorro Russian: конура́ Russian: бу́дка Russian: пса́рня Serbo-Croatian: псећа кућица Serbo-Croatian: пасја кућица Serbo-Croatian: штенара Serbo-Croatian: pseća kućica Serbo-Croatian: pasja kućica Serbo-Croatian: štenara Serbo-Croatian: псетарник Serbo-Croatian: psetarnik Spanish: perrera Spanish: caseta Spanish: canil Spanish: cucha Spanish: transportín Spanish: covacha Swedish: hundkoja Turkish: köpek kulübesi Ukrainian: бу́да Ukrainian: халабу́да Ukrainian: кону́ра Ukrainian: пса́рня Urdu: تازی خانہ
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