different between canoe vs felucca
canoe
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)
- 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, […].
- (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
- (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)
- 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
- plural of canoa
Romanian
Etymology
From French canoë
Noun
canoe f (plural canoe)
- canoe
Declension
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felucca
English
Etymology
From Italian feluca, from Arabic ????????? (fal?ka).
Noun
felucca (plural feluccas)
- A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.
- "The ghostly feluccas passing along the canal are crewed by ghouls with wrapped heads." Lawrence Durrell, Justine
Translations
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