noun
Meaning 1
A chayote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Asia, countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
chow chow
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of chowchow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A dog of a Chinese breed with sturdy build, square profile, small triangular erect ears with rounded tips, and a dense double coat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: chow
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spitz
History
Etymology
First attested in 1886, but of uncertain origin (present Chinese terms for the breed do not resemble it). Possibly related to the old Chinese custom of eating dogs (cf. chow and chow-chow).
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 鬆獅犬 /松狮犬 (sung1 si1 hyun2) — dog breed
- Chinese Mandarin: 鬆獅犬 /松狮犬 (sōngshīquǎn) — dog breed
- Czech: čau-čau — dog breed
- Finnish: chow chow — dog breed
- Finnish: kiinanpystykorva — dog breed
- French: chow-chow — dog breed
- Greek: Τσόου Τσόου (Tsóou Tsóou) — dog breed
- Hungarian: csau-csau — dog breed
- Irish: seabha-seabha — dog breed
- Japanese: チャウ・チャウ — dog breed
- Japanese: チャウチャウ (Chau Chau) — dog breed
- Korean: 차우차우 (chauchau) — dog breed
- Macedonian: чау-чау (čau-čau) — dog breed
- Malay: anjing chow — dog breed
- Polish: chow-chow — dog breed
- Polish: czau-czau — dog breed
- Russian: чау-ча́у (čau-čáu) — dog breed
- Spanish: chowchow — dog breed
- Spanish: chow-chow — dog breed
- Turkish: çov-çov — dog breed