canicule

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/ˈkanɪkjuːl/

noun

Synonym of dog days.

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dog dayscanicular days
OriginFrench canicule →
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Meanings

nouncanicule (plural canicules)

plural canicules

  1. archaicSynonym of dog days.

    In fact, the incompatibility of your nature, and that of the Spanish climate, must ever be present to me, who, during the vivifying heats of the late very bearable canicule, in your French château[…]

    1846, Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain

    Synonyms: dog days

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of dog days.

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dog days

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity

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dog dayscanicular days
Broader
time periodperiod of timeperiod
Also see
canicular daysdog days

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcanicule
  2. Englishcanicule

Borrowed from French canicule, from Latin. Doublet of chenille.

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APA

canicule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canicule

MLA

“canicule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canicule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canicule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canicule.

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