cani

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ni

Etymology 1

Noun

cani m

  1. plural of cane

Etymology 2

Adjective

cani

  1. masculine plural of cano

Anagrams

Kanakanabu

Kanakanabu cardinal numbers
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Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Numeral

cani

  1. one

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

canī

  1. present passive infinitive of canō

Noun

canī

  1. dative singular of canis

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cía (although, even if) +‎ (not).

Pronunciation

Particle

cani

  1. particle introducing a question that expects the answer “yes”
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 2c4
      Cain ro·noíbad Abracham tri hiris? In tree ǽm didiu fa nacc?
      Hasn’t Abraham been sanctified through faith? Through it then indeed or not?

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Adverb

cani

  1. Obsolete form of cam.

References

  • cani in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ni/
  • Hyphenation: cà‧ni

Noun

cani m or f (plural cani)

  1. dog

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of canijo, used as a form of address.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkani/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Syllabification: ca‧ni

Noun

cani m (plural canis, feminine choni, feminine plural chonis)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, Spain) chav, townie/towny (working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle)
    Synonym: poligonero
    Antonyms: pijo, cayetano
    • 2013, “Llamando a las puertas del cielo”, performed by Nega:
      Y mientras el progre de izquierda panoli / Criminaliza al cani pero se pajea pensando en la choni
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Venetan

Noun

cani m pl

  1. plural of can

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cani

  1. second-person singular future colloquial of canu

Mutation

Mutated forms of cani
radical soft nasal aspirate
cani gani nghani chani

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.