cane
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.
IPA(key): /keɪn/
Rhymes: -eɪn
Homophone: Cain
cane (countable and uncountable, plural canes)
A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
(uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
Synonyms: stem, stalk, (of a tree) trunk
(uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
Synonym: reed
(uncountable) Sugar cane
Synonym: molasses cane
(US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
Synonyms: rod, switch
(with "the") Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
Synonyms: a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
A lance or dart made of cane
A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
(countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
Synonyms: staff, walking stick
(countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
(countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
Synonyms: blind man's cane, white cane
(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
A local European measure of length; the canna.
cane (third-person singular simple present canes, present participle caning, simple past and past participle caned)
To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
(transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
(UK, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
(UK, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
(UK, slang) To go very fast.
Synonym: cane it
(UK, Australia, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
-ance, Caen, Cena, Nace, acne, ance
From Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognates with Italian cane, French chien.
IPA(key): /ˈkanɛ/
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
(Cismontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)
(Ultramontane dialects) ghjacaru
“cane, cani” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Inherited from Middle French cane (“duck, female duck”, literally “loater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kaną (“boat, vessel”). See Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse knǫrr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).
IPA(key): /kan/
Homophone: Cannes
cane f (plural canes)
duck (female duck)
canard
“cane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Caen
IPA(key): /ˈka.ne/
Rhymes: -ane
Hyphenation: cà‧ne
From the Latin canis, canem (“dog”).
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna, diminutive canìno m or canìna f or cagnétto m or cagnétta f or cagnettìno m or cagnettìna f, augmentative cagnóne, pejorative cagnàccio, endearing cagnolìno)
dog, male dog
Hypernym: canide
(firearms) hammer
cane (invariable)
freezing, biting (of cold)
Oggi fa un freddo cane! ― Today is freezing cold!
terrible, dreadful, awful (of pain)
abbaiare
bau
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
cane f
plural of cana
cane
feminine plural of cano
acne, cena
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.ne/, [ˈkänɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ne/, [ˈkäːne]
cane
second-person singular present active imperative of canō
cane
ablative singular of canis
cane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“cane”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
canne, kane, kanne
IPA(key): /ˈkaːn(ə)/
cane (plural canes)
bamboo, sugar cane, flax, or a similar simple-stemmed plant
the stem or stalk of such a plant, often used to write with
(rare) a metal implement used for surgery
(rare) a bodily passage or tube, such as the trachea
canel
English: cane
Scots: cane
“cāne, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
cane
Alternative form of canne
From Latin canna (“reed, cane”).
cane oblique singular, f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
tube
French: canne
Norman: tchêne (Jersey), kyeen (Sark)
→ Middle English: cane, canne, kane, kanneEnglish: caneScots: cane
cani (Campidanese)
From Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Italian cane.
IPA(key): /ˈkane/
cane m or f (plural canes)
(Logudorese, Nuorese) dog
Synonym: perru
cane
plural of cana