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canon

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon, from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard), akin to ????? (kánna, reed), from Semitic (compare Hebrew ?????? (qane, reed) and Arabic ??????? (qan?h, reed)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: k?n'?n, IPA(key): /?kæn.?n/
  • Rhymes: -æn?n
  • Homophone: cannon

Noun

canon (countable and uncountable, plural canons)

  1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
  2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
    • 2015, William Styron, "Irwin Shaw", in My Generation: Collected Nonfiction, page 456
      the durable canon of American short fiction
  3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
  4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
  5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
  6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
  7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
  8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
  9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
  10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
  11. (fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
    • 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
      Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax.
  12. (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.
  13. (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
  14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
  15. (billiards) A carom.
Synonyms
  • (48-point type): French canon
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Anglo-Norman chanoine).

Noun

canon (plural canons)

  1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
  2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.
Derived terms
  • Canonbury
  • Canons Park
  • Stoke Canon
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

canon (plural canons)

  1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “canon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
  • “canon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

  • Ancon, Conan, ancon

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard), akin to ????? (kánna, reed), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, reed)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ka?.n?n/
  • Hyphenation: ca?non

Noun

canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)

  1. canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)
    1. (chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)
  2. (Christianity) canon (religious law)
  3. (music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)
  4. (Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)
  5. (dated) canon (principle, rule)

Derived terms

  • canoniek
  • canoniseren

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.n??/

Etymology 1

From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

  1. cannon, (big) gun
  2. barrel (of firearm)
  3. cannon for a horse.

Derived terms

  • boulet de canon
  • canon à eau
  • chair à canon
  • fusil à canon scié
  • poudre à canon
  • tuer une mouche avec un canon

Etymology 2

From Old French canon, borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard).

The 'attractive person' sense comes from an ellipsis of canon de beauté.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

  1. canon
  2. (music) canon
  3. (religion) canon
  4. (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)
    Synonym: avion de chasse

Derived terms

  • canon à neige
  • canon de beauté

Etymology 3

From the above noun (see sense 4) by conversion.

Adjective

canon (plural canons)

  1. (informal, of a person) hot, sexy

Etymology 4

canne +? -on.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

  1. (slang) glass of wine

Further reading

  • “canon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.no?n/, [?käno?n]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.non/, [?k??n?n]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard), akin to ????? (kánna, reed), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, reed)).

Noun

can?n m (genitive canonis); third declension

  1. a measuring line
  2. (figuratively) precept, rule, canon
  3. a yearly tribute paid to the emperor; (Medieval Latin, by extension) a periodic payment
  4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) authorized catalog, especially of books of the Bible or of the saints
  5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) decree of a church synod
  6. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Canon of the Mass
  7. (Medieval Latin) relic
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms
  • can?niz?
Synonyms
  • (precept, rule): n?rma, praeceptum, r?gula
Descendants
  • Catalan: cànon
  • English: canon
  • French: canon
  • Irish: canóin
  • Italian: canone
  • Russian: ?????? (kanón)
  • Spanish: canon

Etymology 2

From canna (pipe), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.

Noun

can?n m (genitive can?nis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) a cannon (artillery)

References

  • canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • canon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “canon”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Norman

Etymology

From Old French canon.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

  1. cannon

Old French

Etymology 1

canne +? -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Noun

canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)

  1. tube
  2. cannon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard).

  1. canon

Descendants

  • English: canon
  • French: canon
  • Norman: canon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ????? (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.

Noun

canon n (plural canoane)

  1. canon
  2. (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
  3. punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule

Declension

Derived terms

  • canoni

Related terms

  • canonic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, measuring rod, standard) (compare ????? (kánna, reed)), perhaps of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kanon/, [?ka.nõn]

Noun

canon m (plural cánones)

  1. canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)
    Synonyms: norma, precepto, regla
  2. tax, fee

Related terms

  • canónico
  • canonizar

References

Further reading

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • canasom (literary, first-person plural)
  • canasant (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /?kan?n/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /?ka?n?n/, /?kan?n/

Verb

canon

  1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
  2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu

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fiat

English

Etymology

From Latin f?at (let it be done).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fa?æt/, /?fi.æt/
  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

fiat (plural fiats)

  1. An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
    • 1788, Alexander Hamilton, Federalist no. 73
      The reflection that the fate of a fellow-creature depended on his sole fiat, would naturally inspire scrupulousness and caution; [...]
  2. Authorization, permission or (official) sanction.
  3. (English law) A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
  4. (English law) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Translations

Derived terms

  • fiat money
  • fiat currency

Verb

fiat (third-person singular simple present fiats, present participle fiating, simple past and past participle fiated)

  1. (transitive, used in academic debate and role-playing games) To make (something) happen.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:fiat.

References

  • fiat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • fita

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /fi?at/
  • Rhymes: -at

Verb

fiat m (feminine fiada, masculine plural fiats, feminine plural fiades)

  1. past participle of fiar

Latin

Verb

f?at

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of f??: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"
  2. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of faci?: "may it become", "may it be made", "may it happen"

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