chènevis
French, noun/ʃɛn.vi/
chènevis is a French masculine noun meaning “hempseed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Graine de chanvre”.
What does chènevis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehempseed
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Graine de chanvre.
noun: 1. Variante de chènevis.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chènevis
- chenevis
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chènevis?
- /ʃɛn.vi/
- \ʃɛn.vi\
- \ʃən.vi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chènevis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chènevis in French?
chènevis appears about once in every 33 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).