# kennel
## English
### Etymology 1

* PIE word
* *ḱwṓ
From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛ.nəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnəl

#### Noun

kennel (plural kennels)
* A house or shelter for a dog.
    Synonym: (US) doghouse
    – We want to look at the dog kennels. – That's the pet department, second floor.
** c. 1515-1516, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568:A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
* A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
    Synonyms: pound, shelter
    The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.
    She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.
* (UK, collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
    Synonym: pack
** 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, act 4, scene 2:A little herd of England's timorous deer, / Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs!
** 1843, Thomas Carlyle, “IX: Working Aristocracy”, in Past and Present, book 3:A world of mere Patent-Digesters will soon have nothing to digest: such world ends, and by Law of Nature must end, in ‘over-population;’ in howling universal famine, ‘impossibility,’ and suicidal madness, as of endless dog-kennels run rabid.
* The hole of a fox or other animal.
    Synonyms: burrow, den

##### Derived terms

* ken (“house”)
* kennel club
* kennel coal
* kennel cough
* kennel council
* kennelful
* kennelmaid
* kennel maid
* kennel raker
* kennel-raker
* skip-kennel

##### Translations
#### Verb

kennel (third-person singular simple present kennels, present participle kenneling or kennelling, simple past and past participle kenneled or kennelled)
* (transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
    While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.
* (intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 1, scene 4:Truth's a dog must to kennel;
** 1669, Sir Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists‎, Fable CXLIII: A Dog and a Cock upon a Journey, page 130:The Dog Kennell'd in the Body of a Hollow Tree, and the Cock Roosted at night upon the Boughs.
** 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 29, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 139:Below to thy nightly grave ; where such as ye sleep between shrouds, to use ye to the filling one at last. — Down, dog, and kennel!"
* (transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
** 1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion:This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.

##### Derived terms

* unkennel

### Etymology 2

From Middle English canel, from Old French canel, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Cognate with English channel, canal.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛ.nəl/
* Rhymes: -ɛnəl

#### Noun

kennel (plural kennels)
* (obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
    Synonym: trough
** 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:Ay, kennel, puddle, sink, whose filth and dirt / Troubles the silver spring where England drinks […] .
** 1630, Ios. Exon. [i.e., Joseph Hall of Exeter], edited by R[obert] H[all], Occasionall Meditations, London: […] [Benjamin Alsop and T. Fawcet?] for Nath[aniel] Butter, →OCLC:[A] scavenger working in the kennel
** [1716], [John] Gay, “Book I. Of the Implements for Walking the Streets, and Signs of the Weather”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: […] Bernard Lintott, […], →OCLC, page 11:Soon ſhall the Kennels ſvvell vvith rapid Streams, / And ruſh in muddy Torrents to the Thames.
** 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 102:[A] chair happening to pass, he laid hold of the opportunity, and by an exertion of his muscles pitched upon the top of the carriage, which was immediately overturned in the kennel […] .
** 1899, Guy Boothby, Pharos the Egyptian:A biting wind whistled through the streets, the pavements were dotted with umbrella-laden figures, the kennels ran like mill-sluices, while the roads were only a succession of lamp-lit puddles through which the wheeled traffic splashed continuously.
* (obsolete) A puddle.

##### Hypernyms

* (gutter): conduit

##### Translations
### Further reading

* Kennel in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kennel, from Anglo-Norman kenil, from Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canile.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛ.nəl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ken‧nel

### Noun

kennel m (plural kennels, diminutive kenneltje n)
* kennel

#### Coordinate terms

* hondenhok

#### Derived terms

* hondenkennel

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Vulgar Latin *canile via Germanic languages, ultimately from Latin canis

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkenːel/, [ˈk̟e̞nːe̞l]
* Rhymes: -enːel
* Hyphenation: ken‧nel

### Noun

kennel
* kennel (facility at which dogs are reared or boarded)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kennel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelini
kennelini
accusative
nom.
kennelini
kennelini
gen.
kennelini
genitive
kennelini
kennelieni
partitive
kenneliäni
kennelejäni
inessive
kennelissäni
kenneleissäni
elative
kennelistäni
kenneleistäni
illative
kenneliini
kenneleihini
adessive
kennelilläni
kenneleilläni
ablative
kenneliltäni
kenneleiltäni
allative
kennelilleni
kenneleilleni
essive
kennelinäni
kenneleinäni
translative
kennelikseni
kenneleikseni
abessive
kennelittäni
kenneleittäni
instructive
comitative
—kenneleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelisi
kennelisi
accusative
nom.
kennelisi
kennelisi
gen.
kennelisi
genitive
kennelisi
kenneliesi
partitive
kenneliäsi
kennelejäsi
inessive
kennelissäsi
kenneleissäsi
elative
kennelistäsi
kenneleistäsi
illative
kenneliisi
kenneleihisi
adessive
kennelilläsi
kenneleilläsi
ablative
kenneliltäsi
kenneleiltäsi
allative
kennelillesi
kenneleillesi
essive
kennelinäsi
kenneleinäsi
translative
kenneliksesi
kenneleiksesi
abessive
kennelittäsi
kenneleittäsi
instructive
comitative
—kenneleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelimme
kennelimme
accusative
nom.
kennelimme
kennelimme
gen.
kennelimme
genitive
kennelimme
kenneliemme
partitive
kenneliämme
kennelejämme
inessive
kennelissämme
kenneleissämme
elative
kennelistämme
kenneleistämme
illative
kenneliimme
kenneleihimme
adessive
kennelillämme
kenneleillämme
ablative
kenneliltämme
kenneleiltämme
allative
kennelillemme
kenneleillemme
essive
kennelinämme
kenneleinämme
translative
kenneliksemme
kenneleiksemme
abessive
kennelittämme
kenneleittämme
instructive
comitative
—kenneleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelinne
kennelinne
accusative
nom.
kennelinne
kennelinne
gen.
kennelinne
genitive
kennelinne
kennelienne
partitive
kenneliänne
kennelejänne
inessive
kennelissänne
kenneleissänne
elative
kennelistänne
kenneleistänne
illative
kenneliinne
kenneleihinne
adessive
kennelillänne
kenneleillänne
ablative
kenneliltänne
kenneleiltänne
allative
kennelillenne
kenneleillenne
essive
kennelinänne
kenneleinänne
translative
kenneliksenne
kenneleiksenne
abessive
kennelittänne
kenneleittänne
instructive
comitative
—kenneleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kennelinsä
kennelinsä
accusative
nom.
kennelinsä
kennelinsä
gen.
kennelinsä
genitive
kennelinsä
kenneliensä
partitive
kenneliään kenneliänsä
kennelejään kennelejänsä
inessive
kennelissään kennelissänsä
kenneleissään kenneleissänsä
elative
kennelistään kennelistänsä
kenneleistään kenneleistänsä
illative
kenneliinsä
kenneleihinsä
adessive
kennelillään kennelillänsä
kenneleillään kenneleillänsä
ablative
kenneliltään kenneliltänsä
kenneleiltään kenneleiltänsä
allative
kennelilleen kennelillensä
kenneleilleen kenneleillensä
essive
kennelinään kennelinänsä
kenneleinään kenneleinänsä
translative
kennelikseen kenneliksensä
kenneleikseen kenneleiksensä
abessive
kennelittään kennelittänsä
kenneleittään kenneleittänsä
instructive
comitative
—kenneleineen kenneleinensä :

#### Synonyms

* koiratarha

#### Derived terms

* kenneltoiminta
* kenneltyö
* kennelväki
* kennelyskä

### Further reading

* “kennel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02