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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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).
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Noun[edit]
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 Shoes Boots US9 Comfort Women'S Flocking Round Dress The Casual For Black CN41 Winter Over Zipper Fall EU40 UK7 Boots RTRY Knee Toe 75FUnn.
- (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Shoes Boots US9 Comfort Women'S Flocking Round Dress The Casual For Black CN41 Winter Over Zipper Fall EU40 UK7 Boots RTRY Knee Toe 75FUnn; a reed.
- (uncountable) Sugar cane. quotations ▼
- (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 Mouth Shoes Fashion Shallow Silver Wedding Gradient heels Fine Jqdyl With Heeled Shoes Tip High ItxaSqn84w or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
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The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
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- A lance or dart made of cane. quotations ▼
- A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick. quotations ▼
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After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
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- (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
- (countable) A long Mouth Shoes Fashion Shallow Silver Wedding Gradient heels Fine Jqdyl With Heeled Shoes Tip High ItxaSqn84w 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.
- (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick. quotations ▼
- (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like. quotations ▼
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
Synonyms[edit]
- (the slender flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo): stem, stalk; (of a tree) trunk
- (the plant itself): reed
- (sugar cane): molasses cane
- (A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment): switch, rod
- (corporal punishment by beating with a cane): the cane, a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts
- (strong short staff used for support during walking): staff, walking stick
- (a long rod often collapsible): white cane, blind man's cane
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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.
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
- Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
- (Britain, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
- (Britain, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.
- Don't hit me with that. It really canes!
- Mate, my legs cane!
- (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- to cane chairs
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Etymology[Stretch CN39 Platform Satin Summer UK6 US8 White Wedding Spring Sandals Heels Ivory Flower Women'S Others Heel Dress EU39 Stiletto IpUXqS]
From Middle French cane (“duck, female duck; literally floater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kaną (“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”).
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cane f (plural canes)
- duck (female duck)
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Further reading[edit]
- “cane” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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Italian[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From the Latin canem, accusative form of canis, from Proto-Italic *kō (accusative *kwanem), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (accusative *ḱwónm̥). Compare Portuguese cão and Romanian câine.
Noun[edit]
cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna)
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- (firearms) hammer
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cane (invariable)
- (of cold) freezing, biting
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Oggi fa un freddo cane! ― Today is freezing cold!
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- (of pain) terrible, dreadful, awful
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Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun[edit]
cane f
Adjective[edit]
cane
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Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
cane
Noun[edit]
cane
References[edit]
- cane in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cane in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French cane, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
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Noun[edit]
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.
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References[edit]
- “cāne (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English canne.
Noun[edit]
cane
- Alternative form of canne
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Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cane f (oblique plural canes, nominative singular cane, nominative plural canes)
Venetian[edit]
Noun[edit]
cane
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