caniche
Spanish, noun/kaˈnit͡ʃe/
caniche is spelled C-A-N-I-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 45,779th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caniche is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “poodle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Raza de perro de pequeño tamaño, con pelaje abundante y rizado y orejas caídas”.
What does caniche mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Raza de perro de pequeño tamaño, con pelaje abundante y rizado y orejas caídas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caniche
- caniches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caniche?
- /kaˈnit͡ʃe/
- [kaˈni.t͡ʃe]
- [kaˈnit͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caniche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caniche in Spanish?
caniche appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).