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cuff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Etymology 1
From Middle English cuffe, coffe (“glove, mitten”), of obscure origin. Perhaps from Old English cuffie (“hood, cap”), from Medieval Latin cofia, cofea, cuffa, cuphia (“helmet, headdress, hood, cap”), from Frankish *kuf(f)ja (“headdress”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, from Proto-Germanic *kupj? (“cap”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap”).
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- (obsolete) glove; mitten
- the end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist
- the end of a pants leg, folded up
- (informal, plural only) handcuffs
Derived terms
- shoot one's cuffs
Related terms
- cufflinks
- turnup
- off-the-cuff
Translations
Verb
cuff (third-person singular simple present cuffs, present participle cuffing, simple past and past participle cuffed)
- (transitive) To furnish with cuffs.
- (transitive) To handcuff.
Translations
Etymology 2
1520, “to hit”, apparently of North Germanic origin, from Norwegian kuffa (“to push, shove”) or Swedish kuffa (“to knock, thrust, strike”), from the Proto-Germanic base *skuf- (sku?), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?-, see also Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skuba? (“to pluck”), Albanian humb (“to lose”).
Germanic cognates include Low German kuffen (“to box the ears”), German kuffen (“to thrash”). More at scuff, shove, scuffle.
Verb
cuff (third-person singular simple present cuffs, present participle cuffing, simple past and past participle cuffed)
- (transitive) To hit, as a reproach, particularly with the open palm to the head; to slap.
- [They] with their quills did all the hurt they could, / And cuff'd the tender chickens from their food.
- (intransitive) To fight; to scuffle; to box.
- While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport.
- To buffet.
- cuffed by the gale
Translations
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- A blow, especially with the open hand; a box; a slap.
- many a bitter kick and cuff
Etymology 3
Noun
cuff (plural cuffs)
- (Scotland) The scruff of the neck.
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cane
English
Etymology
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na). Related to channel and canal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k?e?n]
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophone: Cain
Noun
cane (countable and uncountable, plural canes)
- A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- Synonyms: stem, stalk, (of a tree) trunk
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
- Synonym: reed
- (uncountable) Sugar cane
- Synonym: molasses cane
- (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
- (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- Synonyms: rod, switch
- (with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- Synonyms: a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
- A lance or dart made of cane
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane.
- 1670, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada
- (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- a rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- Synonyms: staff, walking stick
- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
- (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
- Synonyms: blind man's cane, white cane
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
- to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) to do something well, in a competent fashion
- (Britain, slang, intransitive) to produce extreme pain
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
Translations
Anagrams
- -ance, Caen, Cena, Nace, acne, ance
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin canis, from Proto-Italic *k?, from Proto-Indo-European *?w?. Cognates include Italian cane and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kan?/
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- (Cismontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)
Synonyms
- (Ultramontane dialects) ghjacaru
References
- “cane, cani” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
French
Etymology
From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck; literally floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kan? (“boat, vessel”). See Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse kn?rr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kan/
- Homophone: Cannes
Noun
cane f (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
Related terms
- canard
Further reading
- “cane” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- Caen
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka.ne/
- Hyphenation: cà?ne
Etymology 1
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Portuguese cão, Romanian câine and Aromanian cãni.
Noun
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
- dog, male dog
- Hypernym: canide
- (firearms) hammer
Derived terms
Related terms
Adjective
cane (invariable)
- (of cold) freezing, biting
- (of pain) terrible, dreadful, awful
See also
- abbaiare
- bau
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
cane f
- plural of cana
Adjective
cane
- feminine plural of cano
Anagrams
- acne, cena
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?kän?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.ne/, [?k??n?]
Verb
cane
- second-person singular present active imperative of can?
Noun
cane
- ablative singular of canis
References
- cane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).
Alternative forms
- canne, kane, kanne
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?n(?)/
Noun
cane (plural canes)
- bamboo, sugar cane, flax, or a similar simple-stemmed plant
- the stem or stalk of such a plant, often used to write with
- (rare) a metal implement used for surgery
- (rare) a bodily passage or tube, such as the trachea
Derived terms
- canel
Descendants
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
References
- “c?ne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Etymology 2
From Old English canne.
Noun
cane
- Alternative form of canne
Old French
Etymology
From Latin canna (“reed, cane”)
Noun
cane f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
- tube
Descendants
- French: canne
- Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
- ? Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanne
- English: cane
- Scots: cane
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- cani (campidanese)
Etymology
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *k? (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *?w? (accusative *?wónm?). Compare Italian cane, Portuguese cão, Spanish can, French chien and Romanian câine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cane/
Noun
cane m or f (plural canes)
- dog
- Synonym: perru
Venetian
Noun
cane
- plural of cana
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