chiennerie
French, noun/ʃjɛn.ʁi/
chiennerie is spelled C-H-I-E-N-N-E-R-I-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written French, the 255,834th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chiennerie is a French feminine noun meaning “a large group of dogs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Groupe nombreux de chiens”.
What does chiennerie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea large group of dogs
- 2
femininerarethings relating to dogs
- 3
femininean immodest act
- 4
feminineinformalavarice
- 5
femininevulgaran untenable situation
Je me demande encore comment il s'était fourré dans cette chiennerie !
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Groupe nombreux de chiens. 2. Ce qui concerne le chien. 3. Groupe disparate de personnes d’origines plus ou moins douteuses évoquant une bande de chiens. 4. Acte impudique, impudeur.
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 chiennerie
- chienneries plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chiennerie?
- /ʃjɛn.ʁi/
- \ʃjɛn.ʁi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chiennerie in French?
chiennerie appears about once in every 66 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).