canoe

See also: canoë and canoé

English

People in a canoe.

Etymology

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kə-no͞o', IPA^(key): /kəˈnuː/

• 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.
   • 1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135:

     The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]

2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
3. (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

Descendants

• → German: Kanu
• → Irish: canú

Translations

small long and narrow boat

• Arabic: قَارِب الْكَانُو m (qārib al-kānū)

  Gulf Arabic: بانوش (bānūš)

• Armenian: կանոե (hy) (kanoe)
• Asturian: canoa (ast) f
• Bulgarian: кану n (kanu)
• Catalan: canoa f
• Chamicuro: pi'tochi
• Cheyenne: sémo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獨木舟／独木舟 (zh) (dúmùzhōu)

• Cornish: kanou m
• Czech: kánoe (cs) f
• Danish: kano (da)
• Dogrib: elà
• Dutch: kano (nl) m, korjaal (nl) f
• Dâw: xoo
• Edo: okọ
• Esperanto: kanuo, kanoto
• Estonian: kanuu
• Faroese: kano f
• Finnish: kanootti (fi)
• French: canoë (fr) m
• Galician: canoa (gl) f
• Georgian: ბაიდარა (baidara)
• German: Kanu (de) n, Kanadier (de) m
• Greek: κανό (el) n (kanó)
• Hausa: kwalekwale
• Hawaiian: waʻa
• Hebrew: קנו (he)
• Hindi: कश्ती (hi) f (kaśtī)
• Hungarian: kenu (hu)
• Hunsrik: Kanoh f
• Igala: ọ́kọ̀
• Iquito: iímina
• Irish: canú m, báidín m, curach (ga) f, curachán m, curach chaol f
• Isoko: okọ
• Italian: canoa (it) f
• Ivatan: tataya
• Jamaican Creole: kianuu, kianu, kunu
• Japanese: カヌー (ja) (kanū)
• Karok: páah
• Kilivila: waga, masawa (for Kula exchange)
• Korean: 카누 (kanu)
• Lao: ເຮືອຄານູ (lo) (heu kha nu)
• Latvian: kanu laiva
• Lingala: bwáto
• Lutshootseed: q'il'bid
• Malay: kanu
• Maori: waka (mi)
• Nahuatl:

  Central: acalli

  Central Huasteca: akali

  Classical: acalli

  Orizaba: akalli

  Temascaltepec: akalli

  Western Huasteca: akali

• Navajo: tsin naaʼeeł
• Norwegian: kano m
• Nupe: eya
• Ojibwe: jiimaan
• Old Tupi: ygara
• Oromo: bidiruu
• Pashto: کنوه f (kanoa)
• Persian: کانو
• Plautdietsch: Kon (nds) m
• Polish: kanu
• Portuguese: canoa (pt) f
• Romanian: canoe (ro) f
• Russian: кано́э (ru) n (kanóe), байда́рка (ru) f (bajdárka)
• Samoan: vaʻa
• Spanish: canoa (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: kruyara
• Swedish: kanot (sv)
• Tagalog: lunday
• Tahitian: vaʻa
• Thai: เรือแจว (rʉʉa-jɛɛo)
• Tongan: vaka
• Turkish: kano (tr), kayık (tr)
• Tuvan: хеме (xeme)
• Ukrainian: кано́е n (kanóe)
• Urhobo: okọ
• Vietnamese: xuồng (vi)
• Volapük: kanud
• Welsh: ceufad, canŵ
• Yoruba: ọkọ̀ ọ̀pẹẹrẹ, ọkọ̀
• Yuracare: pojore

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.
   • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:

     Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.

Translations

to ride or paddle a canoe

• Finnish: meloa (fi), meloa kanootilla
• German: paddeln (de)
• Italian: andare in canoa
• Korean: 카누를 젓다 (kanureul jeotda)

Derived terms

• canoe birch
• canoe camper
• canoe camping
• canoeist
• canoe plant
• canoe polo
• douche-canoe
• douche canoe
• dugout canoe
• outrigger canoe
• paddle one's own canoe
• pink canoe
• skanoe

 

See also

• kayak

Further reading

canoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ocean, acone, ocean

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnɔ.e/
• Rhymes: -ɔe
• Hyphenation: ca‧nò‧e

Noun

canoe f

1. plural of canoa

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French canoë.

Noun

canoe f (plural canoe)

1. canoe

Declension

Declension of canoe

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) canoe	canoea	(niște) canoe	canoele
genitive/dative	(unei) canoe	canoei	(unor) canoe	canoelor
vocative	canoe, canoeo		canoelor