kanón
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kanón
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kanon"
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kanone, from Italian cannone, from canna (“tube”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kanón m inan
- (colloquial) cannon
- 1937, Karel Čapek, “Akt druhý - Obraz druhý”, in Bílá nemoc:
- Poslyšte, kdybyste vy řekl baronu Krügovi,… aby přestal vyrábět kanóny a munici…
- Listen, if you told baron Krüg,... to stop producing cannons and ammunition...
- (military) a kind of cannon with a long strong barrel
- 1995, Miloš Soukup, Moderní vojenská technika, Vojenská akademie Brno, →ISBN, page 63:
- Výzbroj tanku tvoří 100mm kanón typ 59, […]
- The tank is armed with a 100mm cannon type 59,
- (colloquial, complimentary) a very competent person
- 2014, Pavel Bakič, Noční pád, Kniha Zlín, translation of Night Fall by Nelson DeMille, →ISBN, page 272:
- Chápu, proč tady tomu šéfujete. Jste kanón.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Alternative forms
- kanon (gun)
Synonyms
- (cannon): dělo
Related terms
References
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “kanon”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 288