cân

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Romagnol

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cân m (plural chén) (Ville Unite)

  1. dog

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (catty).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cân

  1. (colloquial, dated) kilogram
    cân nặngweight
    nặng cânheavy; formidable

Synonyms

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Noun

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(classifier cái, chiếc, cán) cân

  1. a weighing instrument; a balance, scale, etc.
    cán cân công líthe scales of justice

Verb

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cân

  1. to weigh
    cân đo đong đếmto weigh, measure, put in measuring cups, count; to perform exhaustive measurement
    cân nhắcto weigh one's options

Adjective

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cân

  1. in some kind of balance or equilibrium
    tam giác cânan isosceles triangle
    cân đốiin shape and healthy

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal of canu (sing)

Noun

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cân f (plural caneuon)

  1. song
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Verb

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cân

  1. (literary) inflection of canu:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future
    2. second-person singular imperative
Alternative forms
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  • cana (literary third-person singular present/future, second-person singular imperative)
  • caniff (colloquial third-person singular present/future)
  • canith (colloquial third-person singular present/future)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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cân

  1. third-person plural present indicative/future colloquial of cael
Alternative forms
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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.