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canal

/kəˈnæl/kuh-NAL
/kəˈnæl/kuh-NAL

Meaninga channel like a reed

Common meaning: a man-made waterway

Journey through time

  1. Latincanna‘a reed, cane’
  2. Frenchcanal
  3. Englishcanal‘a man-made waterway’ · today

can also in: canecanisterchannel

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin canna ‘a reed, cane’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry canna, p. 91 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CHANNEL, p. 103 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • canna Latin “a reed, cane”

Related words

canecanistercannonchannel

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