caniche
Portuguese, noun/kaˈni.ʃi/
caniche is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “poodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caniche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoodle (breed of dog with a heavy, curly fur)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of caniche
- caniches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caniche?
- Brazil /kaˈni.ʃi/
- Portugal /kaˈni.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /kaˈnit.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
caniche appears about once in every 21 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).