c'mîn

Norman

Alternative forms

ch'min (Guernsey)
quémîn (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French cemin (variant of Old French chemin), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin cammīnus (“way”), from Gaulish [Term?]. Compare French chemin.

Pronunciation

Audio (Jersey) (file)

Noun

c'mîn m (plural c'mîns)

(Jersey) path
- 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier‎, archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:
  Tout coumme y'a tréjous un tas d'martel'lie par les c'mîns à chutte saison-chîn.
  Nevertheless there's always a lot of hammering going on at this time of year.

Derived terms

boulant hors-c'mîn (“off-road vehicle, off-roader”)
c'mîn à bike (“bicycle path”)
c'mîn d'fé (“railway”)
c'mîn d'hal'lie (“towpath”)
grand'c'mîn (“highway”)
Les C'mîns d'St. Jacques (“the Milky Way”)
meuthe-en-c'mîn (“black horehound”)

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