canoe

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

• enPR: kə-no͞o', IPA^(key): /kəˈnuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

canoe (plural canoes)

1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
   • 1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135:

     The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]

2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
3. (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

• → German: Kanu
• → Irish: canú

canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)

1. To ride or paddle a canoe.
   • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:

     Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.

• kayak

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• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɔ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɔe
• Hyphenation: ca‧nò‧e

canoe f

1. plural of canoa

Borrowed from French canoë.

canoe f (plural canoe)

1. canoe