can-can

See also: cancan and cán cân

English

Noun

can-can (plural can-cans)

1. Alternative spelling of cancan.

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cancan (“cancan dance”).

Noun

can-can (plural can-can)

1. (dance) cancan: a high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France

Further reading

• “can-can”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016