kan

See also Kan., kān, kǎn, kàn, and kán

English

Noun

kan (plural kans)

1. Archaic form of khan.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kan.

Verb

kan (preterite kon)

1. can

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Breton

Noun

kan m

1. song

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Cantonese

Noun

kan (斤)

1. catty, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined in Hong Kong as 0.60478982 kilograms (公斤)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn
• IPA: /kɑn/

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Noun

kan c (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje)

1. jug
2. pot (tea, coffee)
3. can (cylindrical vessel)

Verb

kan

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
2. imperative of kunnen
3. plural imperative of kunnen

Synonyms

• (2) kunt - more formal

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French quand

Adverb

kan

1. when

Synonyms

• kilè

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Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɒn/

Noun

kan (plural kanok)

1. male (of dogs)
2. boar

Antonyms

• (dog): szuka

Derived terms

• kanász
• vadkan

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Lojban

Rafsi

kan

1. rafsi of kansa.

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of bukan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Adverb

kan

1. isn't it?

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Mandarin

Romanization

kan

1. Nonstandard spelling of kān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kàn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kan

1. Present tense of kunne
2. can; may; be able to

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna/kunne

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Romani

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi कान (kān), Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).

Noun

kan m (plural kan)

1. ear

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kâːn/

Noun

kȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

1. khan

Declension

    declension of kan

	singular	plural
nominative	kan	kánovi
genitive	kana	kanova
dative	kanu	kanovima
accusative	kana	kanove
vocative	kane	kanovi
locative	kanu	kanovima
instrumental	kanom	kanovima

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kan/

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Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kan (“blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kān, *Kiān (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑn/

Noun

kan

1. blood

Derived terms

• kanlı
• kanlılık
• kansız
• kansızlık