French

Adjective

chenu m ‎(feminine singular chenue, masculine plural chenus, feminine plural chenues)

1. hoary, snow-capped
2. grey-haired, grey-headed

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cānūtus.

Adjective

chenu m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular chenue)

1. old; aged

Declension

Noun

chenu m ‎(oblique plural chenus, nominative singular chenus, nominative plural chenu)

1. old person
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et tuit li juene et li chenu
     A une feste sont venu[.]

     All all the young and the old
     Came to the feast.

Declension

Swahili

Adjective

chenu

1. Ki class inflected form of -enu.