cabane

English

A biplane with ventral cabane struts

Etymology

From French cabane. Doublet of cabana and cabin.

Noun

cabane (plural cabanes)

1. (aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.

Translations

Translations

• Portuguese: cabana (pt) f

French

Etymology

From Middle French cabane (14th c.), from Old Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, which see. Doublet of cabine. Perhaps also related with cahute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ban/

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• Homophone: cabanes

Noun

Cabanes du Breuil, a set of historical farm buildings in France (sense 1).

cabane f (plural cabanes)

1. cabin, hut, shack; shed

   Synonyms: cabine, cahute, hutte

2. (slang) prison
3. (Louisiana) bed
4. (Louisiana) workshop

   Synonym: atelier

Derived terms

• cabaneau
• cabaner
• cabanon
• encabaner

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: kabann
• → Romanian: cabană
  • → Hungarian: kabanna
• → Greek: καμπάνα (kampána)

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “cabane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cabane (“a cabin”).

Noun

cabane

1. (Saint-Domingue) a bed

   Ly malade dans cabane. ― He is sick in bed.

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: kabann

References

• S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue]‎^[1] (in French), Paris