canette

English

Etymology

From French canette.

Noun

canette (plural canettes)

1. A kind of stoneware vessel.

Anagrams

• catenet

French

Alternative forms

• cannette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nɛt/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French kanete (“vase, pitcher for serving beer”), a diminutive (with suffix -ette) of Medieval Latin cana, canna (“can, jug, vessel”), from Frankish *kanna (“jug, pitcher, can”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, mug, can”), from Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-, *gan- (“a vessel, tub”). Cognate with Old High German channa (“can”), Old English canne (“can”). More at can.

Noun

canette f (plural canettes)

1. can, tin, tin can

Descendants

• → Catalan: canet
• → English: canette

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French canette. By surface analysis, cane +‎ -ette.

Noun

canette f (plural canettes)

1. (female) duckling

   Synonyms: (cane + -ard + -eau) canardeau; (cane + -et; Old French) canet; (cane + -et + -on) caneton; (cane + -et + -onne) canetonne; (cane + -iche + -on) canichon

Further reading

• “canette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.