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English

Etymology

From Middle English proposicioun, from Old French proposicion, from Latin pr?positi?, from the verb pr?pon?.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: präp'?-z?sh??n IPA^(key): /?p??p??z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n
• Hyphenation: prop?o?si?tion

Noun

proposition (countable and uncountable, plural propositions)

1. (uncountable) The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
2. (countable) An idea or a plan offered.
3. (countable, business settings) The terms of a transaction offered.
4. (countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
5. (grammar) A complete sentence.
   • c. 1888, The Popular Educator: a Complete Encyclopaedia of Elementary, Advanced, and Technical Education. New and Revised Edition. Volume I., p.98:

     Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.

6. (countable, logic) The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.

7. (countable, mathematics) An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
8. (countable, mathematics) An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
9. A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

   the propositions of Wyclif and Huss

   • 1654, Jeremy Taylor, XXVIII Sermons preached at Golden Grove […]

     Some persons […] change their propositions according as their temporal necessities or advantages do turn.

10. (poetry) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
11. Misspelling of preposition.

Synonyms

• (act of offering an idea for consideration): proposal, suggestion
• (idea or plan offered): proposal, suggestion
• (terms offered): proposal
• (content of an assertion): statement
• (proposed statute or constitutional amendment):

Derived terms

• propositional

Translations

Verb

proposition (third-person singular simple present propositions, present participle propositioning, simple past and past participle propositioned)

1. (transitive, informal) To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
2. (transitive, informal) To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).

Related terms

• propose

Translations

Anagrams

• opistoporin

Finnish

Noun

proposition

1. Genitive singular form of propositio.

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?positi? (“statement, proposition”), from pr?p?n? (“propose”), from p?n? (“place; assume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.po.zi.sj??/
• Homophone: propositions

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

1. proposition, suggestion
2. (grammar) proposition
3. (grammar) clause

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

proposition

1. Alternative form of proposicioun

Norman

Etymology

From Latin pr?positi?, pr?positi?nem.

Noun

proposition f (plural propositions)

1. (Jersey) proposition
2. (Jersey, grammar) clause

Derived terms

• proposition prîncipale (“main clause”)
• proposition s'gondaithe (“subordinate clause”)

Swedish

Noun

proposition c

1. a proposition, a government bill (draft of a law, proposed by the government)

Usage notes

• bills introduced by members of parliament are called motion

Declension

Related terms

• budgetproposition
• forskningsproposition
• försvarsproposition
• kompletteringsproposition
• kulturproposition
• propositionell
• statsverksproposition

References

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.
15. 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?)

16. (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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