cannot

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt
• (UK) IPA: /ˈkænɒt/, SAMPA: /"k{nQt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkæ(n.)nɑt/, /ˈkɛ(n.)nɑt/, /kə(n)ˈnɑt/, /kɪ(n)ˈnɑt/, SAMPA: /"k{nAt/, /k@"nAt/

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• Hyphenation: can‧not

Contraction

cannot

1. can not ( = am/is/are unable to); contracted into can't

   I cannot open the window. It is stuck.

2. am/are/is forbidden, not permitted to

   You cannot enter the hall without a ticket.

   • 1668 December 19ᵗʰ, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

     The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt.

Translations

For other translations, see can and not.

cannot

American Sign Language: 1@NearSternumhigh-PalmForward-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross FastContact 1@FromBackFinger-PalmDown-1@Chesthigh-TipAcross Bulgarian: не може (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 不會 (cmn), 不会 (cmn) (bù huì), 不要 (cmn) (bù yào), 不能 (cmn) (bù néng), 不行 (cmn) (bù xíng), ...不了 (cmn) (...bùliǎo) Finnish: ei osaa, ei voi French: ne pas pouvoir (fr) German: nicht können

Japanese: ...できない (ja) (...dekinai) (unable); ...駄目である (ja) (...だめである, ...dame dearu), ...してはならない (ja) (...shite-wa naranai), ...してはいけない (ja) (...shite-wa ikenai) (not allowed) Korean: 못 (ko) (mot), ...수 없다 (ko) (...su eopda) Latin: non posse (la), nescio (la), nequeo (la), (more a pronome in indirect object) prohibetur  (la), (more a pronome in indirect object)) interdicitur (la), (more a pronome in indirect object)) vetatur (la), (more a pronome in indirect object) non licet (la) Russian: не мочь (ru) (ne móč') (e.g. я не могу - I can't), нельзя (ru) (nel'zjá) (not allowed) Vietnamese: có thể không (vi)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: course · side · small · #223: cannot · father · nor · moment

Anagrams

• Canton, canton, noncat

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Jèrriais

Noun

cannot m.

1. duckling