kanaal
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch kanaal, from Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kanaal (plural kanale, diminutive kanaaltjie)
- canal (artificial waterway)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kanaal n (plural kanalen, diminutive kanaaltje n)
- canal (artificial waterway)
- television or internet channel
- channel (narrow natural body of water)
- Synonym: straat
- duct, pipe
- Synonym: leiding
- duct-shaped tissue
- frequency band
Usage notes
[edit]Kanaal is generally not used for city canals, although such usage is attestable. The usual term for those is gracht in the Netherlands and rui in Belgium.
Derived terms
[edit]- general:
- toponyms:
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: kanaal
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kandál
- → Caribbean Javanese: kanal
- → Indonesian: kanal
- → Sranan Tongo: kanari
- → West Frisian: kanaal
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kanaal n (plural kanalen, diminutive kanaaltsje)
- canal (artificial waterway)
- channel (narrow natural body of water)
- duct-shaped tissue
- frequency band
- television or internet channel
- duct, pipe
Further reading
[edit]- “kanaal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old French
- Afrikaans terms derived from Latin
- Afrikaans terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Afrikaans terms derived from Akkadian
- Afrikaans terms derived from Sumerian
- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- af:Canals
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms derived from Akkadian
- Dutch terms derived from Sumerian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːl
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːl/2 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Bodies of water
- nl:Canals
- West Frisian terms borrowed from Dutch
- West Frisian terms derived from Dutch
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian nouns
- West Frisian neuter nouns