Noun: canne
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | canne |
| Plural f | cannes |
Sample Sentences
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Et le vieux, ç’a venu qu’il pouvait presque plus marcher. Il amenait sa petite canne pointue. (And the old guy, it got so that he could hardly walk. He would bring his little pointed cane.) [2010, Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Thomas A. Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, Dominique Ryon, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French: as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities, page 105:]
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Il s’a caché dans les cannes à côté du bayou. (He hid in the reeds along the bayou.) [2010, Albert Valdman, et al., editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French, page 105:]
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Il élevait des cannes lui aussi. Il était proche sûr le plus gros fermier des cannes. (He raised cane also. He was almost certainly the biggest cane farmer.) [2010, Albert Valdman, et al., editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French, page 105:]
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Tu veux une canne pour ta limonade? (Do you want a straw for your lemonade?) [2010, Albert Valdman, et al., editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French, page 105:]
Nouns inflected like canne
polémochorie,
kératotomie,
farigoule,
compréhension,
palestre,
abnégation,
hyperuricémie,
psychométrie,
minicassette,
piézo-électricité,
potabilité,
aromathérapie,
conjugalité,
conjugaison,
cohésion,
obscurité,
bacillose,
cohæsion,
aponévrotomie,
sylvie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (/qanû/, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). See: Latin Nouns '
canna', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κάννα'.
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