kanal

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See also: Kanal, kanál, Kanäl, kanał, and k'anal

English

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Noun

kanal (plural kanals)

  1. A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre.

Danish

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Noun

kanal c (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalerne)

  1. canal (artificial waterway)
  2. duct (in the body etc.)
  3. channel (radio / TV frequency)
  4. channel (method of communication)
  5. channel (narrow body of water)
    den Engelske Kanal - the English Channel

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

kanal (genitive kanali, partitive kanali)

  1. canal (artificial waterway or river used for travel, shipping or irrigation)
  2. channel (water, method of communication, radio / TV frequency, etc.)

Declension

Declension of kanal (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kanal kanalid
accusative nom.
gen. kanali
genitive kanalide
partitive kanali kanale
kanalisid
illative kanali
kanalisse
kanalidesse
kanalesse
inessive kanalis kanalides
kanales
elative kanalist kanalidest
kanalest
allative kanalile kanalidele
kanalele
adessive kanalil kanalidel
kanalel
ablative kanalilt kanalidelt
kanalelt
translative kanaliks kanalideks
kanaleks
terminative kanalini kanalideni
essive kanalina kanalidena
abessive kanalita kanalideta
comitative kanaliga kanalidega

Noun

kanal

  1. adessive singular of kana

Further reading

  • kanal”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kanal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch kanaal, from Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (pipe, channel, canal), from canna (reed, cane), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, reed), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of kanon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nal

Noun

kanal

  1. canal, an artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
    Synonyms: terusan, saluran
  2. channel, a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalene)

  1. channel (narrow body of water)
  2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
  3. channel (method of communication)
    diplomatiske kanaler - diplomatic channels
  4. canal (artificial waterway)
  5. duct (in the body; air duct, cable duct etc.)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanalar, definite plural kanalane)

  1. channel (narrow body of water)
  2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
  3. channel (method of communication)
    diplomatiske kanalar - diplomatic channels
  4. canal (as above)
  5. duct (as above)

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǎnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nal

Noun

kànāl m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на̄л)

  1. canal
  2. channel

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin canālis (pipe, channel, canal)

Pronunciation

Noun

kanál m inan

  1. canal
  2. channel

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. kanál
gen. sing. kanála
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kanál kanála kanáli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kanála kanálov kanálov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kanálu kanáloma kanálom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kanál kanála kanále
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kanálu kanálih kanálih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kanálom kanáloma kanáli

Further reading

  • kanal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

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en kanal

Pronunciation

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Noun

kanal c

  1. a canal (man-made waterway)
  2. a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))
  3. (communication) a channel (for transmitting information, in technical and other senses)
    hålla diplomatiska kanaler öppna
    keep diplomatic channels open
    1. a (television, radio, YouTube, etc.) channel
      TV4 är en tv-kanal
      TV4 is a television channel
      Nisse, byt kanal på tv:n
      Nisse, change the channel on the television
      en YouTube-kanal
      a YouTube channel

Declension

Declension of kanal 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kanal kanalen kanaler kanalerna
Genitive kanals kanalens kanalers kanalernas

Descendants

  • Finnish: kanaali

See also

References

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canal (canal), from Latin canālis (channel; canal), from canna (reed, cane), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, reed), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, reed).

Pronunciation

Noun

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. canal; ditch

Adjective

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. (figurative, colloquial) vulgar; indecent

Further reading

  • kanal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قنال (kanal), from French canal, from Latin canālis.

Pronunciation

Noun

kanal (definite accusative kanalı, plural kanallar)

  1. canal (waterway used for transportation of vessels)
  2. channel; narrow body of water between two land masses, such as the English Channel
  3. channel; a radio frequency or band of frequencies

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kanal
Definite accusative kanalı
Singular Plural
Nominative kanal kanallar
Definite accusative kanalı kanalları
Dative kanala kanallara
Locative kanalda kanallarda
Ablative kanaldan kanallardan
Genitive kanalın kanalların