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See also: canoë and canoé

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    • 1.3.1 Descendants
    • 1.3.2 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
    • 1.4.1 Translations
  • 1.5 Derived terms
  • 1.6 See also
  • 1.7 Further reading
  • 1.8 Anagrams
• 2 Italian
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
• 3 Romanian
  • 3.1 Etymology
  • 3.2 Noun
    • 3.2.1 Declension

English

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Etymology

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Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kəˈnuː/

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• (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈkə.nu/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈkæ.no/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

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canoe (plural canoes)

1. (nautical) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
   • 1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135:The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]
   • 1939, Folke Bergman, “Ancient Remains Along "The Small River"”, in Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang Especially the Lop-Nor Region‎[1], number 7, Stockholm: Bokförlags Aktiebolaget Thule, →OCLC, page 51:His program also included a survey of the new course of the lower Tarim river in Eastern Turkistan and its terminal lake Lop-nor. This part of the expedition started in April 1934, from Könche or Yü-li-hsien, a small village about 45 km. SSE of Korla, whence Dr. Hedin followed the river Könche-darya and its continuation Qum-darya, travelling in native canoes.
2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
3. (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

Descendants

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• → German: Kanu
• → Irish: canú

Translations

edit small long and narrow boat

Arabic: قَارِب الْكَانُو m (qārib al-kānū) Gulf Arabic: بانوش (bānūš) Armenian: կանոե (hy) (kanoe) Asturian: canoa (ast) f Bulgarian: кану n (kanu) Catalan: canoa f Chamicuro: pi'tochi Cheyenne: sémo Chinese: Hokkien: 舢板 (zh-min-nan), 舢板仔 (zh-min-nan) Mandarin: 獨木舟 / 独木舟 (zh) (dúmùzhōu) Cornish: kanou m Czech: kánoe (cs) f Danish: kano (da) Dâw: xoo Dogrib: elà Dutch: kano (nl) m, korjaal (nl) f Edo: okọ Esperanto: kanuo, kanoto Estonian: kanuu Faroese: kano f Finnish: kanootti (fi) French: canoë (fr) m Galician: canoa (gl) f Georgian: ბაიდარა (baidara) German: Kanu (de) n, Kanadier (de) m Greek: κανό (el) n (kanó) Hausa: kwalekwale Hawaiian: waʻa Hebrew: קנו (he) Hindi: डोंगी (hi) f (ḍoṅgī) Hungarian: kenu (hu) Hunsrik: Kanoh f Igala: ọ́kọ̀ Iquito: iímina Irish: canú m, báidín m, curach (ga) f, curachán m, curach chaol f Isoko: okọ Italian: canoa (it) f Ivatan: tataya Jamaican Creole: kianuu, kianu, kunu Japanese: カヌー (ja) (kanū) Karok: páah Kilivila: waga, masawa (for Kula exchange) Korean: 카누 (kanu) Lao: ເຮືອຄານູ (heu kha nu) Latvian: kanu laiva Lingala: bwáto Lushootseed: q'il'bid Malay: kanu (ms) Māori: waka (mi) Nahuatl: Central Huasteca Nahuatl: akali Central Nahuatl: acalli Classical Nahuatl: acalli Orizaba Nahuatl: akalli Temascaltepec Nahuatl: akalli Western Huasteca Nahuatl: akali Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł Norwegian: kano m Nupe: eya Ojibwe: jiimaan Old Tupi: ygara Oromo: bidiruu Pashto: کنوه f (kanoa) Persian: کانو Plautdietsch: Kon (nds) m Polish: kanu Portuguese: canoa (pt) f Romanian: canoe (ro) f Russian: кано́э (ru) n (kanóe), байда́рка (ru) f (bajdárka) Samoan: vaʻa Spanish: canoa (es) f Sranan Tongo: kruyara Swedish: kanot (sv) Tagalog: lunday Tahitian: vaʻa Thai: เรือแจว (rʉʉa-jɛɛo) Tongan: vaka Turkish: kano (tr), kayık (tr) Tuvan: хеме (xeme) Ukrainian: кано́е n (kanóe) Urhobo: okọ Vietnamese: xuồng (vi) Volapük: kanud Welsh: ceufad, canŵ Woiwurrung: gurrong Yoruba: ọkọ̀ ọ̀pẹẹrẹ, ọkọ̀ Yuracare: pojore

slang: an oversized luxury car

Verb

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canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)

1. To ride or paddle a canoe.
   • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.

Translations

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Finnish: meloa (fi), meloa kanootilla German: paddeln (de) Italian: andare in canoa Korean: 카누를 젓다 (kanureul jeotda)

Derived terms

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• Canadian canoe
• canoeable
• canoe birch
• canoe camper
• canoe camping
• canoeing
• canoeist
• canoelike
• canoeload
• canoeman
• canoe pack
• canoe plant
• canoe polo
• canoer
• canoe slalom
• canoe sprint
• canoewood
• douche canoe
• douche-canoe
• dugout canoe
• outrigger canoe
• paddle one's own canoe
• paracanoe
• pink canoe
• skanoe
• skinoe

See also

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• kayak

Further reading

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  canoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• Ocean, acone, ocean

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /kaˈnɔ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɔe
• Hyphenation: ca‧nò‧e

Noun

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canoe f

1. plural of canoa

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French canoë.

Noun

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canoe f (plural canoe)

1. canoe

Declension

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singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	canoe	canoea	canoe	canoele
genitive-dative	canoe	canoei	canoe	canoelor
vocative	canoe, canoeo		canoelor

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