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canal

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See also: Canal and canàl

English

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A canal.
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel, canal, narrow passage”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”). Doublet of channel. See also cane and -al.

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Noun

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canal (plural canals)

  1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
  2. (anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
    • 2022 March 29, Karen McGee, “Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole”, in Australian Geographic‎[2], archived from the original on 31 August 2026:
      The fossilised jaw of T. trusleri has a huge canal running through it and that’s believed to have carried all the nerve and related tissue needed for the sense of electroception.
  3. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

Usage notes

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  • Occasionally applied to similar natural waterways, such as Hood Canal.

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Descendants

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  • → Scottish Gaelic: canàl

Translations

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a tubular channel within the body
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Verb

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canal (third-person singular simple present canals, present participle canalling, simple past and past participle canalled)

  1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
    • 1968, Louisiana State University, Proceedings‎[3], page 165:
      In the mangrove-type salt marsh, the entire marsh must be canaled or impounded.
  2. To travel along a canal by boat
    • 1905, William Yoast Morgan, A Journey of a Jayhawker, page 211:
      Near Rotterdam we canalled by Delfthaven.

References

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  1. ^ Hurd, Seth P. (1847), “Canal”, in “False Pronunciation”, in A Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech‎[1], Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co, →OCLC, page 78.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin canālis.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/ [kaˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ca‧nal

Noun

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canal f (plural canales)

  1. canal (artificial waterway)

Catalan

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

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    Noun

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    canal m (plural canals)

    1. canal (artificial passage for water)
    2. channel
    3. (anatomy) channel, tract
      canal digestiu ― digestive tract

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    canal f (plural canals)

    1. roof gutter
      Synonyms: canaló, ràfec
    2. (architecture) groove, fluting (of a column, etc.)
      Synonyms: estria, solc
    3. crease, fold
    4. (bookbinding) fore edge
    5. carcass

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    French

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin canālis. Doublet of chenal.

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      canal m (plural canaux)

      1. canal
      2. channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

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      Galician

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /kaˈnal/ [kɑˈnɑɫ]
      • Rhymes: -al
      • Hyphenation: ca‧nal

      Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese canal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cana (“cane, reed”) +‎ -al. Cognate with Spanish cañal.

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      Noun

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      canal m (plural canais)

      1. (dated) fish-weir; place or installation for fishing, on a river
        Synonyms: caneiro, pesqueira
        • 1375, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 385:
          V casares en Cesar os quaes fforon de Mayor Aras moller de Martin Sanchez Xarpa com huum paaço et con huum canal enno Tamare.
          5 farmhouses in Cesar, which belonged to Maior Aras, wife of Martín Sánchez Xarpa, with a manor and a fishery on the river Tambre

      Etymology 2

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      Etymology tree
      Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.
      Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.
      Latin canna
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
      Proto-Indo-European *-is
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
      Proto-Italic *-ālis
      Latin -ālis
      Latin *cannālis
      Latin canalislbor.
      Galician canal

        Learned borrowing from Latin canalis. Doublet of canle and cal.

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        canal m (plural canais)

        1. canal
        2. channel

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        Norman

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        Etymology

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        From Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

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        canal m (plural canaux)

        1. (Jersey) canal

        Portuguese

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        Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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        canal

        Etymology

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        From Old Galician-Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; compare the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.

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        canal m (plural canais)

        1. ditch
          Synonyms: canaleta, vala, valeta
        2. canal (artificial waterway)
        3. (radio) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
        4. (television) television channel

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French canal, Latin canālis.

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        canal n (plural canale or canaluri)

        1. (plural canaluri) canal
        2. channel

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative canal canalul canale canalele
        genitive-dative canal canalului canale canalelor
        vocative canalule canalelor
        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative canal canalul canaluri canalurile
        genitive-dative canal canalului canaluri canalurilor
        vocative canalule canalurilor

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        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.
        Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.
        Latin canna
        Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
        Proto-Indo-European *-is
        Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
        Proto-Italic *-ālis
        Latin -ālis
        Latin *cannālis
        Latin canālis
        Old Spanish canal
        Spanish canal

          Inherited from Old Spanish canal, from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”). Equivalent to caña +‎ -al.

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          canal m (plural canales)

          1. canal, flume, waterway (artificial)
          2. channel (wide strait)
          3. (communication) channel
          4. (chemistry) channel
          5. cleavage

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          Venetan

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          Etymology

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          From Latin canālis.

          Noun

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          canal m (plural canałi)

          1. canal
          2. channel (all senses)
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