Jump To:

• chenier
  chenier

  noun

  a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.
• Chénier
  Chénier

  noun

  André Marie de 1762–94, French poet.

chenier

¹ American  

[shin-uh-ree] / ˈʃɪn ə ri /

Or chênière

noun

1. a hummock in a marshy region, with stands of evergreen oaks.

---

Chénier ² American  

[shay-nyay] / ʃeɪˈnjeɪ /

noun

1. André Marie de 1762–94, French poet.

---

Chénier British  

/ ʃenje /

noun

1. André ( Marie de ) (ɑ̃dre). 1762–94, French poet; his work was influenced by the ancient Greek elegiac poets. He was guillotined during the French Revolution

2. his brother, Marie-Joseph ( Blaise de ). 1764–1811, French dramatist and politician. He wrote patriotic songs and historical plays, such as Charles IX (1789)

---

Etymology

Origin of chenier

< Louisiana French, equivalent to French chêne oak + -ier -ier ²

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Chénier

He continued as a super in many Seattle Opera productions — his favorites were ‘War and Peace,’ ‘Boris Godunov’ and ‘Andrea Chénier.’

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

Riccardo Chailly will conduct the Teatro alla Scala Chorus and Orchestra, while Yusif Eyvazov will perform as Chénier — roughly based on the story of the executed French Revolution poet of the same name.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017

Mr. Álvarez’s sweet, modest tenor was stretched to its limits as her beloved, the doomed poet Chénier.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2014

By contrast, Chénier, a real-life poet felled by the guillotine, is associated with an immense feather pen.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2011

The proposed gift came too late, but it honours those who voted it and him who pleaded for it, no less a person than Joseph-Marie Chénier, the poet.

From The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern by Carlo Goldoni

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---