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Romagnol
Pronunciation
Noun
cân m (plural chén) (Ville Unite)
- dog
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 斤 (“catty”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cân
- (colloquial, dated) kilogram
- cân nặng ― weight
- nặng cân ― heavy; formidable
Synonyms
Noun
(classifier cái, chiếc, cán) cân
- a weighing instrument; a balance, scale, etc.
- cán cân công lí ― the scales of justice
Verb
cân
- to weigh
- cân đo đong đếm ― to weigh, measure, put in measuring cups, count; to perform exhaustive measurement
- cân nhắc ― to weigh one's options
Adjective
cân
- in some kind of balance or equilibrium
- tam giác cân ― an isosceles triangle
- cân đối ― in shape and healthy
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal of canu (“sing”)
Noun
cân f (plural caneuon)
- song
Related terms
Verb
cân
- (literary) inflection of canu:
- third-person singular present indicative/future
- second-person singular imperative
Alternative forms
- cana (literary third-person singular present/future, second-person singular imperative)
- caniff (colloquial third-person singular present/future)
- canith (colloquial third-person singular present/future)
Etymology 2
Verb
cân
- third-person plural present indicative/future colloquial of cael
Alternative forms
Mutation