canna

See also Canna

English

Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”).

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkanə/
• Rhymes: -ænə

Noun

canna (plural cannas)

1. Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 7:

     A palisade of Canary palms formed an honour guard along the verges, while beds of golden cannas flamed from the central reservation.

   • 2007 January 18, Anne Raver, “Is It Spring? Winter? What’s a Flower to Think?”, New York Times:

     Still, some of Mr. Cooper’s tender salvias are wintering over, and he plans to leave a few clumps of cannas in the ground next fall.

Etymology 2

Verb

canna

1. (Scotland, Jamaica) Contraction of can not; cannot.
   • 1966 -- Star Trek: The Naked Time (wikiquote)

     Scotty: I canna' change the laws of physics.

Translations

cannot — see cannot

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cannas, cannât

Verb

canna

1. third-person singular past historic of canner

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Italian

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Noun

canna f (plural canne)

1. cane
2. barrel (of a gun)

   canna cilidrica

3. rod (fishing)

   canna da pesca

4. tube, pipe (on a pump organ or a trachea)

   canne dell'organo

5. chute
6. (slang) joint

Synonyms

• (joint): spinello

Related terms

• canna da pesca
• cannaio
• cannata
• cannella
• cannello
• canneto
• cannista
• cannone
• cannuccia
• tracannare

Verb

canna

1. third-person singular present indicative of cannare
2. second-person singular imperative of cannare

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάννα (kanna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkan.na/

Noun

canna (genitive cannae); f, first declension

1. A reed, cane.
2. (by extension) Anything made of reed or cane; reed-pipe, flute; gondola; windpipe.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	canna	cannae
genitive	cannae	cannārum
dative	cannae	cannīs
accusative	cannam	cannās
ablative	cannā	cannīs
vocative	canna	cannae

Synonyms

• (flute): harundō, tībia
• (reed, cane): calamus, harundō

Derived terms

canālis cannamella cannētum

canneus cannula

Related terms

• canālicula
• canāliculātus
• canāliculus
• canāliēnsis

Descendants

Albanian: kanë Catalan: canya English: cane, canna, cannon French: canne Italian: canna

Jèrriais: tchêne Portuguese: cana Romanian: cană Spanish: caña

References

• canna in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879