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Chanel

Chanel

27 4.9
A famous French fashion brand that makes expensive clothes, bags, and perfume
  • proper noun
  • /ʃəˈnɛl/
translation icon : Chanel
  • For my birthday, I received a bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume, which is my favorite scent.
  • Chanel bag
  • Chanel suit
  • Chanel No. 5

So I will be using this Chanel powder duo in Brun.

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Examples

  • Oh, and I want that new Chanel purse.

  • I am using the Chanel Water fresh Complexion touch.

  • So first thing, Sir, it's my Chanel boy bag.

  • But, believe me, he can still smell the Chanel on my neck.

  • Or the perfume that Chanel makes?

  • Her Chanel suit was the same shade of pink as the tablecloth.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • He got me these cute little Chanel earrings.

  • Little Emme still went home with a white Chanel handbag for her trouble.

    Blog text (19)
  • It'll be interesting to see if Vogue accepts advertising money from Chanel and runs the ads regardless.

    Blog text (14)
  • The bedroom smelled almost subliminally of her Chanel No. 5, and on top of that, very faintly of wood polish.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

Gucci
vsChanel
43 4.1

A famous Italian fashion company that makes expensive clothes and bags

is French and emphasizes fashion plus famous perfumes
Dior
vsChanel
9 4.2

A French fashion brand that makes expensive clothes, bags, and perfume

focuses on fashion and on famous perfumes
Hermès
vsChanel
2 7.4

A French luxury brand known for leather goods and silk scarves

emphasizes fashion and signature perfumes rather than leather focus

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Chanel is the fashion brand named after Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. Her surname is like the English channel, a 'small waterway', so you can think of Chanel as a 'channel' that carries her elegant ideas into clothes and perfume around the world.