different between canoe vs cayuco

English

Etymology

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Arawak kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?-no?o', IPA^(key): /k??nu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Noun

canoe (plural canoes)

1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.

   • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].

2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
3. (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

Descendants

• ? German: Kanu
• ? Irish: canú

Translations

Verb

canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)

1. To ride or paddle a canoe.

Translations

Derived terms

• canoeist
• paddle one's own canoe

See also

• kayak

Further reading

canoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ocean, acone, ocean

Italian

Noun

canoe f

1. plural of canoa

Romanian

Etymology

From French canoë

Noun

canoe f (plural canoe)

1. canoe

Declension

English

Noun

cayuco (plural cayucos)

1. A sort of canoe or kayak.

Spanish

Etymology

cayo +? -uco

Pronunciation

Noun

cayuco m (plural cayucos)

1. cayuco
2. (Louisiana) pirogue

Further reading

• “cayuco” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.