different between echt vs canine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German echt (“real”). The German term originates from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”), contraction of ehacht, variant form of ehaft (“lawful, pertaining to the law”) from ê(e) (“law, marriage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kt/

Adjective

echt (comparative more echt, superlative most echt)

1. proper, real, genuine, true to type
   • 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, Penguin, p.8

     I had heard [the phrase] in Lamb House, Rye, but it was less echt Henry James than Henry James mocking echt Meredith.

Translations

Anagrams

• Chet, Tech., chet, etch, hect-, tech

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xt/
• Hyphenation: echt
• Rhymes: -?xt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch echt, from Old Dutch *?haft, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwahaft.

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative echtst)

1. authentic, true, genuine, real

   Synonyms: waar, heus

   Antonyms: onecht, nep, vals

Inflection

Derived terms

• echtheid
• onecht
• in het echt

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eg

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

echt m (uncountable)

1. The institution marriage, matrimony.

   Synonym: huwelijk

Derived terms

• echtelijk
• echtgelofte
• echtgenoot
• echtscheiding

German

Alternative forms

• ächt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German echt, borrowed from Middle Low German echt (“lawful, genuine”). The original form is Middle Low German ?haft (“lawful”), from ? (“law”) (related to modern Ehe); then ?hacht by the Low German development -ft- ? -cht- (compare Nichte); and eventually contracted into echt. Cognate to Old High German ?haft (“honourable”) and Dutch echt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?çt/
• Rhymes: -?çt

Adjective

echt (comparative echter, superlative am echtesten)

1. authentic, genuine, true

2. (chiefly colloquial) real; factual

   Synonyms: wirklich, tatsächlich

3. (mathematics) proper

Declension

Synonyms

• (real): wirklich

Derived terms

• echtgolden
• Echtheit
• echt jetzt
• echtsilbern
• in echt
• waschecht

Descendants

• ? English: echt

Adverb

echt

1. (chiefly colloquial) really; indeed

Synonyms

• wirklich

Further reading

• “echt” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From Latin can?nus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k??n?n, ka?n?n, (rare) k?-n?n?, IPA^(key): /?ke?na?n/, /?kæna?n/, (rare) /k??na?n/
• (General American) enPR: k??n?n', (rare) k?-n?n?, IPA^(key): /?ke??na?n/, (rare) /k??na?n/
• Rhymes: -e?na?n, -æna?n, -a?n
• Homophone: K9
• Hyphenation: ca?nine

Adjective

canine (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
   • 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, ch. 8,

     We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.

   • 2005, Gareth Roberts, Only Human, page 17

     A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company […]

2. Dog-like.
   • 1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses,

     In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively.

3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
   • 1872, Charles Darwin, Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, ch. 10,

     Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.

4. (medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

Synonyms

• (of dogs): dogly, houndly
• (dog-like): dogly, doglike, houndly

Translations

Noun

canine (plural canines)

1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
2. (formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
   • 2010, M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy, page 189

     The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.

3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
   • 2006, Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers

     He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.

4. (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
   • 2005, Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em, page 270

     You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.

Synonyms

• (dog or wolf): dog
• (pointy tooth): cuspid

Derived terms

• caninoid

Translations

See also

• lupine
• vulpine
• Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)
• cain

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN

Anagrams

• neanic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nin/

Adjective

canine

1. feminine singular of canin.

Noun

canine f (plural canines)

1. canine, cuspid.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ancien

Italian

Adjective

canine

1. feminine plural of canino

Latin

Adjective

can?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of can?nus