chien

fr-noun

chien m (plural chiens, feminine chienne)

Inherited from Middle French chien, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, canem (“dog”).


lice

Probably from Vulgar Latin *licia, from Latin lycisca, feminine of lyciscus (“wolf dog”).

(archaic) brach, bitch hound (specifically, dog used for breeding hunting dogs)


pointer

pointer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
pointant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
pointé (participle past)
pointe (first-person indicative present singular)
pointes (indicative present second-person singular)
pointe (indicative present singular third-person)
pointons (first-person indicative plural present)
pointez (indicative plural present second-person)
pointent (indicative plural present third-person)
pointais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pointais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pointait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pointions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pointiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pointaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pointai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
pointas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
pointa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
pointâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
pointâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
pointèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
pointerai (first-person future indicative singular)
pointeras (future indicative second-person singular)
pointera (future indicative singular third-person)
pointerons (first-person future indicative plural)
pointerez (future indicative plural second-person)
pointeront (future indicative plural third-person)
pointerais (conditional first-person singular)
pointerais (conditional second-person singular)
pointerait (conditional singular third-person)
pointerions (conditional first-person plural)
pointeriez (conditional plural second-person)
pointeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
pointe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pointes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pointe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pointions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pointiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pointent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pointasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pointasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pointât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pointassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pointassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pointassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pointe (imperative second-person singular)
pointons (first-person imperative plural)
pointez (imperative plural second-person)

→ German: pointieren

From point + -er, from the past participle of poindre.

(arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)

On doit se pointer à quelle heure?

(informal, pronominal) to show up, turn up


corgi

Borrowed from English corgi, from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) and ci (“dog”).


carlin

Probably from Carlin, nickname of Italian actor Carlo Bestinazzi (1713-1783) whose Harlequin mask was humorously compared to the dog's nose.


chienne

(slang, vulgar) a bitch (objectionable woman)


briquet

→ English: briquet

→ Spanish: briquet

→ Romanian: brichetă

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Specialised sense of Middle French briquet (“piece, morsel”), from brique.


chihuahua

Chihuahua / chihuahua (the dog breed or an individual of this breed)


mâtin

Inherited from Old French mastin, inherited from Vulgar Latin *māns(u)etīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Classical Latin mānsuētus (“tamed”). Cognate to English mastiff.


chien de poche

fr-noun

chien de poche m (plural chiens de poche)

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(Quebec) someone whose behaviour reminds of such a dog


chien de garde

chien de garde m (plural chiens de garde)

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bichon

bichon m (plural bichons, feminine bichonne)

Inherited from Middle French bichon (“small long-haired dog”), from Old French biche (“bitch, female dog”), from Old English biċċe (“female dog”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog, bitch”). Cognate with Old Norse bikkja (“female dog”), German Betze (“female dog”). Doublet of bitch, see here for more.
Alternative etymology derives through clipping of barbichon (“small poodle”), a diminutive of barbiche (“shaggy dog”), however, chronology makes this derivation improbable if not impossible, as bichon is attested since 1588, yet barbichon does not appear until 1694.


chien d'eau

chien d’ eau (canonical masculine)
chiens d’eau (plural)


chien d'eau portugais

fr-noun

chien d’eau portugais m (plural chiens d’eau portugais)

chien d’eau portugais (canonical masculine)
chiens d’eau portugais (plural)

Portuguese Water Dog
Portuguese Water Dog


bichon à poil frisé

bichon à poil frisé m (plural bichons à poil frisé)


dalmatien

fr-adj

dalmatien (feminine dalmatienne, masculine plural dalmatiens, feminine plural dalmatiennes)

dalmatienne (feminine)
dalmatiens (masculine plural)
dalmatiennes (feminine plural)


berger allemand

fr-noun

berger allemand m (plural bergers allemands, feminine bergère allemande)

bergers allemands (plural)
bergère allemande (feminine)

D’après nos voisins, de gros racistes, je l’précise / Nous étions mal élevés et leur berger allemand mieux dressé

2005, “Thé à la menthe”, performed by La Caution:

According to our neighbours, massive racists, might I add / We were badly brought up and their German shepherd was better behaved than us

German shepherd (large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog)


caniche

caniche m or f by sense (plural caniches)

→ Basque: kanixe

→ Portuguese: caniche

→ Romanian: caniș

→ Spanish: caniche

→ Turkish: kaniş


molosse

Borrowed from Latin molossus, short for molossus canis (literally “Molossus dog”), from Ancient Greek Μολοσσός (Molossós, “of Molossus (an area known for its guard-dogs)”).


Médor

(1516) From Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.

Fido, Rex, Rover; a name stereotypically given to dogs.


bouvier

fr-noun

bouvier m (plural bouviers, feminine bouvière)

Inherited from Old French buvier, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin bovārius (“cow herder”), from Latin bovārius (“of cattle”), from bos. This form may be semi-learned, and based on bœuf, or altered from the Old French boier.

cattle dog (type of dog used for droving cattle)


braque

(obsolete, often used in the plural) crayfish claw


maître-chien

maître-chien m (plural maîtres-chiens, feminine maîtresse-chien)

maîtres-chiens (plural)
maîtresse-chien (feminine)


sloughi

From dialectal Arabic سْلُوڭِي (slūgī, “greyhound”), from Arabic سَلُوقِيّ (salūqiyy, “greyhound”). See also English Saluki.

der

Séparé par les déserts des autres régions, il [l’ancien empire d’Égypte] ne s’étend que vers le sud, comme le prouvent les singes, les sloughis, amenés captifs par les esclaves.

1877 January 15, Melchior de Vogüé, Revue des Deux-Mondes, page 353:


lévrier persan

fr-noun

lévrier persan m (plural lévriers persans)


lévrier irlandais

lévrier irlandais m (plural lévriers irlandais)


lévrier afghan

lévrier afghan m (plural lévriers afghans)


doberman

doberman m or f by sense (plural dobermans)


épagneul

épagneul m (plural épagneuls, feminine épagneule)

→ Italian: épagneul

Inherited from Old French espagneul, espaigneul, a Gallicization of Old Occitan espaignol (“Spanish”), from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”). First used as Espainholz in the 14th century by Gaston III of Foix, who described them in a book on hunting. An alternative theory derives it from the Old French verb espeignir (“lay down”), in reference to the behavior of the dogs when hunting game. However, it more likely means "from Spain", as Gaston brought them back from there. Doublet of espagnol.


setter irlandais

setter irlandais m (plural setters irlandais)


pékinois

fr-adj

pékinois (feminine pékinoise, masculine plural pékinois, feminine plural pékinoises)

pékinoise (feminine)
pékinois (masculine plural)
pékinoises (feminine plural)


bichon maltais

fr-noun

bichon maltais m (plural bichons maltais)


tayau

From taïaut (interjection used in deer-hunting), by metonymy. More at tallyho.


chien policier

chien policier m (plural chiens policiers)


loulou de Poméranie

loulou de Poméranie m (plural loulous de Poméranie)