Definitions for canailles

canailles ca·naille

Spelling: [kuh-neyl; French ka-nah
IPA: /kəˈneɪl; French kaˈnɑ yə/

Canailles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 401 anagrams from letters in canailles (aaceillns).

Definitions for canailles

noun

  1. riffraff; rabble.

Origin of canailles

1670-80; French Italian canaglia pack of dogs, equivalent to can(e) dog (Latin canis) + -aglia collective suffix

Examples for canailles

I have broken with 'the gentlemen' to cast my lot with the canaille.

"If you can keep the canaille of that opinion," said Augustine.

None of your raileries, Tarleton, or I shall speak to you of plebeians and the canaille!

Is your business concerned with this infernal insubordination of the canaille?

I love to drive through the streets and see how the canaille scowl at me from every corner.

I tried to invest her with all the "traits" of that "canaille" multitude I hated.

Now let us return to the watch-tower, and try to make out what the canaille are about.

My proclivities are entirely aristocratic: I have no power of assimilation with the canaille.

I learned as many of the canaille watchwords by heart as I could.

To get at my facts I have to go into the most depraved quarters, and associate with the canaille.

Word Value for canailles
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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