different between bunchy vs chenille

English

Etymology

From Middle English bunchy, bonchy, equivalent to bunch +? -y.

Adjective

bunchy (comparative bunchier or more bunchy, superlative bunchiest or most bunchy)

1. Having, or growing in bunches.

Derived terms

• bunchiness
• bunchy top

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ni?l/
• Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

chenille (countable and uncountable, plural chenilles)

1. An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.

Anagrams

• Hellenic

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin can?cula (“little dog”) (because of a caterpillar's head). Doublet of canicule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.nij/, /?nij/

Noun

chenille f (plural chenilles)

1. caterpillar
2. chenille
3. caterpillar track, snow chain
4. whirligig (fairground attraction)

Descendants

• ? English: chenille
• ? Italian: ciniglia
• ? Russian: ?????? (šinel?)

See also

• mite
• papillon m

Further reading

• “chenille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).