canoe
See also: canoë and canoé
English
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People in a canoe.
Etymology
Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Arawak kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kə-no͞o', IPA(key): /kəˈnuː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Noun
canoe (plural canoes)
- A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].
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- (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
- (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.
Descendants
- → German: Kanu
- → Irish: canú
Translations
small long and narrow boat
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slang: an oversized luxury car
Verb
canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)
- To ride or paddle a canoe.
Translations
to ride or paddle a canoe
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Derived terms
- canoe birch
- canoe camper
- canoe camping
- canoeist
- canoe plant
- canoe polo
- douche canoe
- douche-canoe
- dugout canoe
- outrigger canoe
- paddle one's own canoe
See also
- kayak
Further reading
canoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Ocean, acone, ocean
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnɔ.e/
- Rhymes: -ɔe
- Hyphenation: ca‧nò‧e
Noun
canoe f
- plural of canoa
Romanian
Etymology
From French canoë.
Noun
canoe f (plural canoe)
- canoe
Declension
Declension of canoe
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) canoe | canoea | (niște) canoe | canoele |
genitive/dative | (unei) canoe | canoei | (unor) canoe | canoelor |
vocative | canoe, canoeo | canoelor |