Talk:cane

This entry is on the Italian 'cane' - dog. What about the English definitions? Sugar cane... a rod or stick, and the cane you walk with? Do these share the same entry? Do they go before the Italian or after it? Or what? KJ 03:04 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)

They should certainly be on the same page/entry. I would put them before the Italian entry.

134.58.253.130 05:52 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)

I've moved the following out of the Italian entry as it belongs in the Italian Wiktionary (with some reformatting), when it is set up, not in the English one. -- Paul G 10:56, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Etymology

Latin canis < IE *kwon- (same origin as English hound).

Noun

1. (animal). dog.
2. (disp.) rotten actor.
3. (gun). cock, hammer.
4. (mech.) catch.

Derived expressions

• sembrare un cane bastonato, to have a hangdog look.
• cane sciolto, maverick.
• tempo da cani, foul weather.
• menare il can per l'aia, to beat about the bush.
• non c'è un cane, there isn't a soul.

Translations

• Arabic: كلب m.
• Chinese: 狗 (1)
• Dutch: hond m;hondenweer n
• Esperanto: hundo (1, 2), ĉano (3).
• French: chien m (1, 3).
• German: Hund m (1), gottserbärmlich spielender Darsteller m (2), Schlagbolzen m (3).
• Hebrew: כלב m (1), ברז m (3).
• Interlingua: can (1, 3).
• Portuguese: cão m (1, 3), cachorro m (1).
• Spanish: perro m (1).