canette
English
Noun
canette (plural canettes)
- A kind of stoneware vessel.
Anagrams
- catenet
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nɛt/
Etymology 1
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)
- can, tin, tin can
Descendants
- → Catalan: canet
Etymology 2
From Middle French canette, equivalent to cane + -ette.
Noun
canette f (plural canettes)
- (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.