Etymology 1
A kennel, a shelter for a dog.
A kennel of dogs in the kennels of Château de Cheverny, France.
From Middle English kenel , kenell , borrowed from Anglo-Norman * kenil , northern variant of Old French chenil , from Vulgar Latin * canīle , from Latin canis .
Noun
kennel (plural kennels )
A house or shelter for a dog .
Synonym: ( US ) doghouse
– We want to look at the dog kennels . – That's the pet department, second floor.
c. 1515-1516 , John Skelton , Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c. , published 1568 :A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
Synonyms: pound , shelter
The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel .
( UK , collective ) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
Synonym: pack
1843 , Thomas Carlyle , “IX: Working Aristocracy”, in Past and Present , book 3:A world of mere Patent-Digesters will soon have nothing to digest: such world ends, and by Law of Nature must end, in ‘over-population; ’ in howling universal famine, ‘impossibility,’ and suicidal madness, as of endless dog-kennels run rabid.
The hole of a fox or other animal.
Synonyms: burrow , den
Translations
shelter
Arabic: بَيْت (ar) m ( bayt ) , بَيْت اَلْكَلْب m ( bayt al-kalb )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Basque: txakurtegi (eu)
Belarusian: бу́дка f ( búdka )
Bulgarian: кучешка колиба f ( kučeška koliba )
Burmese: ခွေးအိမ် (my) ( hkwe: im )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 狗屋 (zh) ( gǒuwū )
Dutch: kennel (nl) m , hondenhok (nl) n
Esperanto: hundejo (eo) , hundujo
Finnish: koirankoppi (fi)
French: niche (fr) f
Galician: canil m
Georgian: საძაღლე ( saʒaɣle ) , ქოხი (ka) ( koxi ) , ქოხმახი ( koxmaxi )
German: ( small cabin ) Hundehütte (de) m ; ( cage ) Zwinger (de) m , Hundezwinger m
Greek: σκυλόσπιτο (el) n ( skylóspito )
Hebrew: מלונה (he) f ( melu'na )
Hungarian: kutyaól (hu) , kutyaház (hu)
Icelandic: hundakofi (is) f
Irish: cró madra m , conchró m
Italian: canile (it) m , cuccia (it) f
Japanese: 犬小屋 (ja) ( いぬごや, inugoya )
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 개집 (ko) ( gaejip )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: кучкарник m ( kučkarnik )
Malay:
Jawi: رومه انجيڠ , رومه اسو
Rumi: rumah anjing , rumah asu
Navajo: łééchąąʼí bighan
Norman: niche f , câniche f
Northern Mansi: (please verify ) а̄мпкол ( āmpkol )
Norwegian: hundehus n
Occitan: canigon m
Old English: hunda hūs n
Plautdietsch: Hunjsklotje n
Polish: buda (pl) f
Portuguese: canil (pt) m , casota (pt) f , casinha de cachorro f ( Brazil )
Russian: конура́ (ru) f ( konurá ) , ( соба́чья ) бу́дка (ru) f ( búdka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псећа кућица f , пасја кућица f , штенара f
Roman: pseća kućica f , pasja kućica f , štenara (sh) f
Spanish: perrera f
Swedish: hundkoja (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: köpek kulübesi
Ukrainian: бу́да (uk) f ( búda ) , халабу́да (uk) f ( xalabúda ) , кону́ра f ( konúra )
Urdu: تازی خانہ m
Volapük: dogadom , dogalecek , dogadomil
facility
Belarusian: пся́рня f ( psjárnja ) , сабака́рня f ( sabakárnja )
Esperanto: hundejo (eo)
Finnish: kennel (fi) , koiratarha
French: chenil (fr) m
German: ( shelter for unwanted dogs ) Hundeasyl n , Hundeheim n ; ( rearing facility ) Hundezucht f , Zwinger (de) m , Hundezwinger m
Greek: κυνοτροφείο n ( kynotrofeío )
Hungarian: kutyatenyészet , ebtenyészet
Irish: conchró coinneála m
Italian: canile (it) m
Macedonian: кучкарник m ( kučkarnik )
Malay: tempat perlindungan anjing
Portuguese: canil (pt) m
Russian: пса́рня (ru) f ( psárnja )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: псетарник m
Roman: psetarnik m
Ukrainian: пса́рня f ( psárnja )
Volapük: dogibridöp
Verb
kennel (third-person singular simple present kennels , present participle kenneling or kennelling , simple past and past participle kenneled or kennelled )
( transitive ) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
( intransitive ) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
1669 , Sir Roger L'Estrange , Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists , Fable CXLIII: A Dog and a Cock upon a Journey, page 130 :The Dog Kennell'd in the Body of a Hollow Tree, and the Cock Roosted at night upon the Boughs.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville , chapter 29, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale , 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers ; London: Richard Bentley , →OCLC , page 139 :Below to thy nightly grave ; where such as ye sleep between shrouds, to use ye to the filling one at last. — Down, dog, and kennel ! "
( transitive ) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
1819 , John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion :This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled , the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.
Etymology 2
A kennel or gutter.
From Middle English canel , from Old French canel , from Latin canālis ( “ channel; canal ” ) , from Latin canna ( “ reed, cane ” ) , from Ancient Greek κάννα ( kánna , “ reed ” ) , from Akkadian 𒄀 ( qanû , “ reed ” ) , from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 ( gi.na ) . Cognate with English channel , canal .
Noun
kennel (plural kennels )
( obsolete ) The gutter at the edge of a street ; a surface drain .
Synonym: trough
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, [ … ] ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act IV, scene i] :Ay, kennel , puddle, sink, whose filth and dirt / Troubles the silver spring where England drinks [ …] .
1630 , Ios. Exon. [ i.e. , Joseph Hall of Exeter] , edited by R[ obert] H[ all] , Occasionall Meditations , London: [ … ] [ Benjamin Alsop and T. Fawcet?] for Nath[ aniel] Butter , →OCLC :[ A] scavenger working in the kennel
[ 1716 ] , [ John] Gay , “Book I. Of the Implements for Walking the Streets, and Signs of the Weather”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London , London: [ … ] Bernard Lintott , [ … ] , →OCLC , page 11 :Soon ſhall the Kennels ſvvell vvith rapid Streams, / And ruſh in muddy Torrents to the Thames .
1751 , [ Tobias] Smollett , The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle [ … ] , volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., [ … ] , →OCLC , page 102 :[ A] chair happening to pass, he laid hold of the opportunity, and by an exertion of his muscles pitched upon the top of the carriage, which was immediately overturned in the kennel [ …] .
1899 , Guy Boothby, Pharos the Egyptian :A biting wind whistled through the streets, the pavements were dotted with umbrella-laden figures, the kennels ran like mill-sluices, while the roads were only a succession of lamp-lit puddles through which the wheeled traffic splashed continuously.
( obsolete ) A puddle .
Translations
A gutter at the edge of a street
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkɛ.nəl/
Hyphenation: ken‧nel
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkenːel/ , [ˈk̟e̞nːe̞l]
Rhymes: -enːel
Syllabification(key ) : ken‧nel
Noun
kennel
kennel ( facility at which dogs are reared or boarded )
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...
Inflection of kennel (Kotus type 5/risti , no gradation)
nominative
kennel
kennelit
genitive
kennelin
kennelien
partitive
kenneliä
kennelejä
illative
kenneliin
kenneleihin
singular
plural
nominative
kennel
kennelit
accusative
nom.
kennel
kennelit
gen.
kennelin
genitive
kennelin
kennelien
partitive
kenneliä
kennelejä
inessive
kennelissä
kenneleissä
elative
kennelistä
kenneleistä
illative
kenneliin
kenneleihin
adessive
kennelillä
kenneleillä
ablative
kenneliltä
kenneleiltä
allative
kennelille
kenneleille
essive
kennelinä
kenneleinä
translative
kenneliksi
kenneleiksi
abessive
kennelittä
kenneleittä
instructive
—
kennelein
comitative
See the possessive forms below.
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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelini
kennelini
accusative
nom.
kennelini
kennelini
gen.
kennelini
genitive
kennelini
kennelieni
partitive
kenneliäni
kennelejäni
inessive
kennelissäni
kenneleissäni
elative
kennelistäni
kenneleistäni
illative
kenneliini
kenneleihini
adessive
kennelilläni
kenneleilläni
ablative
kenneliltäni
kenneleiltäni
allative
kennelilleni
kenneleilleni
essive
kennelinäni
kenneleinäni
translative
kennelikseni
kenneleikseni
abessive
kennelittäni
kenneleittäni
instructive
—
—
comitative
— kenneleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelisi
kennelisi
accusative
nom.
kennelisi
kennelisi
gen.
kennelisi
genitive
kennelisi
kenneliesi
partitive
kenneliäsi
kennelejäsi
inessive
kennelissäsi
kenneleissäsi
elative
kennelistäsi
kenneleistäsi
illative
kenneliisi
kenneleihisi
adessive
kennelilläsi
kenneleilläsi
ablative
kenneliltäsi
kenneleiltäsi
allative
kennelillesi
kenneleillesi
essive
kennelinäsi
kenneleinäsi
translative
kenneliksesi
kenneleiksesi
abessive
kennelittäsi
kenneleittäsi
instructive
—
—
comitative
— kenneleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelimme
kennelimme
accusative
nom.
kennelimme
kennelimme
gen.
kennelimme
genitive
kennelimme
kenneliemme
partitive
kenneliämme
kennelejämme
inessive
kennelissämme
kenneleissämme
elative
kennelistämme
kenneleistämme
illative
kenneliimme
kenneleihimme
adessive
kennelillämme
kenneleillämme
ablative
kenneliltämme
kenneleiltämme
allative
kennelillemme
kenneleillemme
essive
kennelinämme
kenneleinämme
translative
kenneliksemme
kenneleiksemme
abessive
kennelittämme
kenneleittämme
instructive
—
—
comitative
— kenneleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelinne
kennelinne
accusative
nom.
kennelinne
kennelinne
gen.
kennelinne
genitive
kennelinne
kennelienne
partitive
kenneliänne
kennelejänne
inessive
kennelissänne
kenneleissänne
elative
kennelistänne
kenneleistänne
illative
kenneliinne
kenneleihinne
adessive
kennelillänne
kenneleillänne
ablative
kenneliltänne
kenneleiltänne
allative
kennelillenne
kenneleillenne
essive
kennelinänne
kenneleinänne
translative
kenneliksenne
kenneleiksenne
abessive
kennelittänne
kenneleittänne
instructive
—
—
comitative
— kenneleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelinsä
kennelinsä
accusative
nom.
kennelinsä
kennelinsä
gen.
kennelinsä
genitive
kennelinsä
kenneliensä
partitive
kenneliään kenneliänsä
kennelejään kennelejänsä
inessive
kennelissään kennelissänsä
kenneleissään kenneleissänsä
elative
kennelistään kennelistänsä
kenneleistään kenneleistänsä
illative
kenneliinsä
kenneleihinsä
adessive
kennelillään kennelillänsä
kenneleillään kenneleillänsä
ablative
kenneliltään kenneliltänsä
kenneleiltään kenneleiltänsä
allative
kennelilleen kennelillensä
kenneleilleen kenneleillensä
essive
kennelinään kennelinänsä
kenneleinään kenneleinänsä
translative
kennelikseen kenneliksensä
kenneleikseen kenneleiksensä
abessive
kennelittään kennelittänsä
kenneleittään kenneleittänsä
instructive
—
—
comitative
— kenneleineen kenneleinensä
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