la
/ʃɛn/
Translation
chain; TV channel
Word origin
From Latin catena ('chain, fetter'), which gave Old French chaeine before the modern spelling settled. English 'chain' was borrowed from the same Old French word, and 'concatenate' comes straight from the Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- catena
- English cognates
- chain, concatenate, catenary
Grammar
Examples
descente.
The chain on my bike came off on the way down.
documentaire .
There is a good documentary on the second channel tonight.
Pyrénées l'Espagne.
The Pyrenees form a mountain range between France and Spain.
fine .
She was wearing a thin gold chain around her neck.
l' .
The whole factory has been working on the production line since six in the morning.
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