chaland
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old French chalant, the present participle of chaloir.
Alternative forms
- chalant (now rare)
Noun
chaland m (plural chalands, feminine chalande)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χελάνδιον (khelándion, “chelandion, dromon”).
Noun
chaland m (plural chalands)
- barge (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters)
- 1886, Émile Zola, L'Œuvre, page 254:
- […] des bêtes et des hommes tiraient, s’essoufflaient, sur les gros pavés en pente qui descendaient jusqu’à l’eau, à ce bord de granit où s’amarrait une double rangée de chalands et de péniches; […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “chaland”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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