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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French canaille.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanalje c (singular definite kanaljen, plural indefinite kanaljer)
- mean person, villain
- 2016, Emilio Salgari (anonymous translator), General Custers sidste kamp, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN
2016, Harald Herdal, Grevinde Danner, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:»Band på det, min pige, du kan tro jeg skal vise de kanaljer at nu er det mig der er konge.«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2016, Søren Krarup, Det moderne sammenbrud, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Det er ikke ilde at have verdenshistorien i ryggen, når man vil gøre sig selv gældende, og det er ikke uden fordele at kunne slå på sin „historiske“ ret, hvor man vil erobre sig magt og indflydelse og behandle modparten som kanaljer.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (collectively, obsolete) rabble, people of the lower classes
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French canaille.
Noun
kanalje c
- a mean person, a villain
Declension
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