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pékinois

Pekinese (dog)

noun adjective peh-kee-NWA Rare
Animals & Nature Pets

Also means

Pekingese (person or language)

Usage Note

Pékinois refers primarily to the Pekingese dog breed, but also to a native of Beijing or to the Mandarin dialect spoken there. The feminine is pékinoise. When used as a noun for the language, it is lowercase; as an adjective it agrees: la cuisine pékinoise ('Beijing cuisine').

Examples

"Elle promène son pékinois dans le parc."

Natural Translation

She walks her Pekingese in the park.

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