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canal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”), from can?lis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). Doublet of channel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??næl/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /k??næl/, /k??n?l/
- Rhymes: -æl
Noun
canal (plural canals)
- An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
- (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
- (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars.
Related terms
- channel
- channelization
- channelize
- canalization
- canalize
Descendants
- ? Scottish Gaelic: canàl
Translations
Verb
canal (third-person singular simple present canals, present participle canaling or canalling, simple past and past participle canaled or canalled)
- To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
- To travel along a canal by boat
Anagrams
- Alcan, Clana, Nalca
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin can?lis.
Noun
canal f (plural canales)
- canal (artificial waterway)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k??nal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canals)
- canal; channel (artificial passage for water)
- roof gutter
- Synonyms: canaló, ràfec
Derived terms
- canalitzar
Further reading
- “canal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “canal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “canal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “canal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin can?lis. Doublet of chenal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
- canal
- channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Derived terms
- canal nommé
Related terms
- chenal
Descendants
- ? Persian: ?????? (kânâl)
- ? Romanian: canal
- ? Turkish: kanal
See also
- chaîne
Further reading
- “canal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lança
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) +? -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.
Alternative forms
- canar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- (dated) fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
- 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
- V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.
- 5 farmhouses in Cesar, which belonged to Maior Aras, wife of Martín Sánchez Xarpa, with a manor and a fishery on the river Tambre
- V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.
- Synonyms: caneiro, pesqueira
- 1375, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Latin canalis. Doublet of canle and cal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- canal
- channel
References
- “canal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “canal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “canar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “canal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “canal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “canal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Noun
canal m (plural canaux)
- (Jersey) canal
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese canal, from Latin can?lis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; cf. the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.?naw/, /k?.?naw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?.?na?/
Noun
canal m (plural canais)
- ditch
- Synonyms: canaleta, vala, valeta
- canal (artificial waterway)
- (radio) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
- (television) television channel
Derived terms
- (canal): canal-do-Panamá
Related terms
- cale
- calha
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French canal, Latin can?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/
Noun
canal n (plural canale or canaluri)
- (plural canaluri) canal
- channel
Declension
Further reading
- canal in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish canal, from Latin can?lis (“channel; canal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?nal/, [ka?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Noun
canal m (plural canales)
- canal, flume, waterway (artificial)
- channel (wide strait)
- (communication) channel
- (chemistry) channel
- cleavage
Hyponyms
- (canal): canal de Panamá
- (channel): canal de Jamaica
- (channel): canal de la Mancha
- (channel): canal de Mozambique
- (channel): canal del Norte (“North Channel”)
Derived terms
- acanalar
- canaleta
- canalizar
- canalón
- canalón
Descendants
- ? Tagalog: kanal
Further reading
- “canal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin can?lis.
Noun
canal m (plural cana?i)
- canal
- channel (all senses)
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canalise
English
Alternative forms
- canalize
Etymology
canal +? -ise
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæn.?.la?z/, /k??næl.a?z/
- Rhymes: -æn?la?z, -æla?z
Verb
canalise (third-person singular simple present canalises, present participle canalising, simple past and past participle canalised)
- (transitive, British spelling) To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
- 2005, New Science Publications, New scientist, Volume 188
- Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […]
- 2005, New Science Publications, New scientist, Volume 188
- (transitive, British spelling) To build a canal through.
- (transitive, British spelling) To channel the flow of.
- 1927, Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep, Virago: London, 1996,page 221
- On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie.
- 1948, Sir Winston Churchill, The Second World War: The Gathering Storm, Page 373
- ...yet it is always a wise precaution in defending a frontier of hundreds of miles to bar off as much as possible by fortifications, and thus economise the use of troops in sedentary roles and "canalise" potential invasion.
- 1927, Edith Wharton, Twilight Sleep, Virago: London, 1996,page 221
Derived terms
- canalisation
- recanalise
Translations
Quotations
- 1854 David Thomas Ansted - Scenery, Science and Art: being extracts from the note-book of a geologist and mining engineer
- . . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . .
Anagrams
- sacaline, selacian
French
Verb
canalise
- first-person singular present indicative of canaliser
- third-person singular present indicative of canaliser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of canaliser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of canaliser
- second-person singular imperative of canaliser
Anagrams
- alsacien, Alsacien
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