chenillette
French, noun/ʃə.ni.jɛt/
chenillette is spelled C-H-E-N-I-L-L-E-T-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chenillette is a French feminine noun meaning “tankette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante fourragère de la famille des Fabacées (ou Légumineuses), ainsi nommée parce qu’elle produit une gousse…”.
What does chenillette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetankette
- 2
femininea tracked sidewalk tractor, especially one equipped with a sidewalk (UK: pavement) clearing snowplow
- 3
femininea snowcat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante fourragère de la famille des Fabacées (ou Légumineuses), ainsi nommée parce qu’elle produit une gousse roulée sur elle-même et de la figure d’une chenille. Genre Scorpiurus L. 2. Segment de base d'une chenille de véhicule. 3. Genre de véhicule de combat chenillé légèrement armé et blindé ressemblant à un petit char, aux dimensions avoisinant celles d'une voiture. 4. Dameuse.
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 chenillette
- chenillettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chenillette?
- /ʃə.ni.jɛt/
- \ʃə.ni.jɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chenillette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chenillette in French?
chenillette appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).