CNN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɛnɛn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

CNN

1. Initialism of Cable News Network: an American television channel.
   • 2023 May 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review.

2. (humorous, derogatory, US politics) Initialism of Clinton News Network.
3. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Communist News Network.
4. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Criminal News Network.
5. (humorous, derogatory) Initialism of Cunt News Network.

Derived terms

• CNN effect
• CNNer
• CNNesque

Translations

Cable News Network

• French: CNN (fr) f
• German: CNN (de) f
• Italian: CNN (it) f
• Spanish: CNN f

Noun

CNN (plural CNNs)

1. (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network.

   Coordinate terms: ANN, RNN

Derived terms

• DCNN

Further reading

• CNN (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CNN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθe ˌene ˈene/ [ˌθe ˌe.ne ˈe.ne] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˌse ˌene ˈene/ [ˌse ˌe.ne ˈe.ne] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: CNN

Proper noun

CNN f

1. CNN (Cable News Network)
   • 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español‎^[2]:

     Cuando CNN preguntó al DHS al respecto, la vicesecretaria Tricia McLaughlin respondió con un comunicado, diciendo en parte: […]

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