cabane
English
Noun
cabane (plural cabanes)
- (aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.
French
Etymology
From Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, of uncertain origin (see further etymology there). Doublet of cabine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ban/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: cabanes
Noun
Cabanes du Breuil, a set of historical farm buildings in France (sense 1).
cabane f (plural cabanes)
- cabin, hut, shack; shed
- Synonyms: cabine, hutte
- (slang) prison
- (Louisiana) bed
- (Louisiana) workshop
- Synonym: atelier
Derived terms
Derived terms
- cabaneau
- cabaner
- cabanon
- encabaner
Descendants
- Louisiana Creole French: kabann
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
- “cabane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French cabane (“a cabin”).
Verb
cabane
- (Saint-Domingue) a bed
- Ly malade dans cabane. ― He is sick in bed.
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: kabann
References
- S.J Ducoeurjoly, Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un précis de l'histoire de cette île