canal

canal

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈnæl/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈnæl/, /kəˈnɛl/
  • Rhymes: -æl

Noun

canal (plural canals)

  1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
  2. (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
  3. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

Usage notes

  • Occasionally applied to similar natural waterways, such as Hood Canal.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • channel
  • channelization
  • channelize
  • canalization

Descendants

  • → Scottish Gaelic: canàl

Translations

Verb

canal (third-person singular simple present canals, present participle canaling or canalling, simple past and past participle canaled or canalled)

  1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
  2. To travel along a canal by boat

Anagrams

  • Alcan, Clana, Nalca

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin canālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/ [kaˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ca‧nal

Noun

canal f (plural canales)

  1. canal (artificial waterway)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈnal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈnal]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nal

Noun

canal m (plural canals)

  1. canal (artificial passage for water)
  2. channel
  3. (anatomy) channel, tract
    canal digestiu ― digestive tract

Noun

canal f (plural canals)

  1. roof gutter
    Synonyms: canaló, ràfec
  2. (architecture) groove, fluting (of a column, etc.)
    Synonyms: estria, solc
  3. crease, fold
  4. (bookbinding) fore edge
  5. carcass

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “canal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “canal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “canal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “canal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canālis. Doublet of chenal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.nal/

Noun

canal m (plural canaux)

  1. canal
  2. channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

Derived terms

  • canal nommé

Related terms

  • chenal

Descendants

  • → Persian: کانال (kânâl)
  • → Romanian: canal
  • → Turkish: kanal

See also

  • chaîne

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • lança

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/ [kɑˈnɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nal

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) +‎ -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.

Alternative forms

  • canar

Noun

canal m (plural canais)

  1. (dated) fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
    Synonyms: caneiro, pesqueira

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin canalis. Doublet of canle and cal.

Noun

canal m (plural canais)

  1. canal
  2. channel

References

  • Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “canal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN


Norman

Etymology

From Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

Noun

canal m (plural canaux)

  1. (Jersey) canal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; compare the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nal

Noun

canal m (plural canais)

  1. ditch
    Synonyms: canaleta, vala, valeta
  2. canal (artificial waterway)
  3. (radio) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
  4. (television) television channel

Derived terms

  • (canal): canal do Panamá

Related terms

  • cale
  • calha

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French canal, Latin canālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/

Noun

canal n (plural canale or canaluri)

  1. (plural canaluri) canal
  2. channel

Declension

Further reading

  • canal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/ [kaˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ca‧nal

Noun

canal m (plural canales)

  1. canal, flume, waterway (artificial)
  2. channel (wide strait)
  3. (communication) channel
  4. (chemistry) channel
  5. cleavage

Hyponyms

  • (canal): canal de Panamá
  • (channel): canal de Jamaica
  • (channel): canal de la Mancha
  • (channel): canal de Mozambique
  • (channel): canal del Norte (“North Channel”)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: kanal

Further reading

  • “canal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin canālis.

Noun

canal m (plural canałi)

  1. canal
  2. channel (all senses)

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