canoe

See also canoë

English

Wikipedia

People in a canoe.

Etymology

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, borrowed in turn by Columbus from Taino kanoa (“dugout canoe”).

Alternative forms

• kanuu (Jamaican English)

Pronunciation

• enPR: kə-no͞o', IPA: /kəˈnuː/, X-SAMPA: /k@"nu:/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

canoe (plural canoes)

1. 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.
2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

Translations

small long and narrow boat

• Armenian: մակույկ (hy) (makuyk)
• Bulgarian: кану (bg) (kanu) n
• Catalan: canoa (ca) f
• Chamicuro: pi'tochi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨木舟 (cmn), 独木舟 (cmn) (dúmùzhōu)

• Czech: kánoe (cs) f
• Danish: kano (da)
• Dogrib: elà
• Dutch: kano (nl) m
• Esperanto: kanuo, kanoto (eo)
• Estonian: kanuu (et)
• Faroese: kano (fo) f
• Finnish: kanootti (fi)
• French: canoë (fr) m
• Georgian: ბაიდარა (ka) (baidara)
• German: Kanu (de) n
• Hawaiian: waʻa
• Hebrew: סירת קנו
• Hungarian: kenu (hu)
• Irish: canú (ga) m, báidín (ga) m, curach (ga) f, curachán (ga) m, curach chaol (ga) f
• Italian: canoa (it) f

• Jamaican Creole: kianuu, kianu, kunu
• Japanese: カヌー (ja) (kanū)
• Korean: 카누 (kanu)
• Latvian: kanu laiva (lv)
• Maori: waka (mi)
• Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł
• Norwegian: kano (no) m
• Ojibwe: jiimaan
• Persian: کانو (fa)
• Portuguese: canoa (pt) f
• Russian: каноэ (ru) (kanóe) n, байдарка (ru) (bajdárka) f
• Samoan: vaʻa
• Spanish: canoa (es) f
• Swedish: kanot (sv)
• Tahitian: vaʻa
• Tongan: vaka (to)
• Turkish: kano (tr)
• Tuvan: хеме (kheme)
• Volapük: kanud (vo)
• Welsh: ceufad, canŵ

slang: an oversized luxury car

Verb

canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)

1. To ride or paddle a canoe.

Translations

to ride or paddle a canoe

• Finnish: meloa (fi), meloa kanootilla (fi)
• German: paddeln (de)

• Italian: andare in canoa
• Korean: 카누를 젓다 (kanureul jeotda)

Derived terms

• canoeist

See also

• kayak

Anagrams

• ocean, Ocean

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Italian

Noun

canoe

1. Plural form of canoa