canasta

English

Etymology

From Spanish canasta. The game originates from Uruguay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnæstə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

canasta (plural canastas)

1. (uncountable, games, card games) A card game similar to rummy and played using two packs, where the object is to meld groups of the same rank.
   • 1951 July, Henry F. Tenney, “Per Stirpes and Not Per Capita: Or, What Your Clients Can Never Tell You”, in ABA Journal, page 492:

     “Do you know something, Fred?” she announced, “I won four dollars and eighty-five cents playing Canasta this afternoon.”
     “Canasta!” exclaimed Mr. Grimes, “I didn′t know you could play that silly game.”

   • 2004, Gregory Bateson, “15: A Theory of Play and Fantasy”, in Henry Bial, editor, The Performance Studies Reader, page 130:

     Imagine, first, two players who engage in a game of canasta according to a standard set of rules. […] We may imagine, however, that at a certain moment the two canasta players cease to play canasta and start a discussion of the rules.

   • 2011, Barry Rigal, Card Games For Dummies, unnumbered page:

     Modern American Canasta is a younger cousin of the game of Canasta I explain here.

2. (countable, card games) A meld of seven cards in a game of canasta.
   • 1949 December 19, “The Canasta Craze”, in Life (magazine), page 47:

     Groups of seven of a kind are called canastas, and before a player can go out he or his partner must have at least one canasta.

Translations

card game

• Bulgarian: канаста f (kanasta)
• Czech: kanasta f
• Finnish: canasta (fi)
• French: canasta (fr) f
• German: Canasta (de) n
• Hebrew: קנסטה f (kanásta)
• Hungarian: kanaszta (hu)
• Indonesian: canasta (id)
• Macedonian: кана́ста f (kanásta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canasta (no) m

• Polish: kanasta (pl) f
• Portuguese: canasta f
• Russian: кана́ста (ru) f (kanásta)
• Spanish: canasta (es) f

seven cards

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: canasta (no) m

Anagrams

• Castana

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaːˈnɑs.taː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɑstaː

Noun

canasta f (plural canasta's)

1. (uncountable) canasta (Uruguayan cardgame)
2. (countable) canasta (meld of seven cards in the above game)

Finnish

Alternative forms

• kanasta

Etymology

From Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnɑstɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nɑ̝s̠tɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑstɑ

Noun

canasta

1. canasta (card game)
2. canasta (meld of seven cards in above)

Declension

Inflection of canasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		canasta	canastat
genitive		canastan	canastojen
partitive		canastaa	canastoja
illative		canastaan	canastoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		canasta	canastat
accusative	nom.	canasta	canastat
	gen.	canastan
genitive		canastan	canastojen canastain rare
partitive		canastaa	canastoja
inessive		canastassa	canastoissa
elative		canastasta	canastoista
illative		canastaan	canastoihin
adessive		canastalla	canastoilla
ablative		canastalta	canastoilta
allative		canastalle	canastoille
essive		canastana	canastoina
translative		canastaksi	canastoiksi
abessive		canastatta	canastoitta
instructive		—	canastoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of canasta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative canastani canastani accusative nom. canastani canastani gen. canastani genitive canastani canastojeni canastaini rare partitive canastaani canastojani inessive canastassani canastoissani elative canastastani canastoistani illative canastaani canastoihini adessive canastallani canastoillani ablative canastaltani canastoiltani allative canastalleni canastoilleni essive canastanani canastoinani translative canastakseni canastoikseni abessive canastattani canastoittani instructive — — comitative — canastoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative canastasi canastasi accusative nom. canastasi canastasi gen. canastasi genitive canastasi canastojesi canastaisi rare partitive canastaasi canastojasi inessive canastassasi canastoissasi elative canastastasi canastoistasi illative canastaasi canastoihisi adessive canastallasi canastoillasi ablative canastaltasi canastoiltasi allative canastallesi canastoillesi essive canastanasi canastoinasi translative canastaksesi canastoiksesi abessive canastattasi canastoittasi instructive — — comitative — canastoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative canastamme canastamme accusative nom. canastamme canastamme gen. canastamme genitive canastamme canastojemme canastaimme rare partitive canastaamme canastojamme inessive canastassamme canastoissamme elative canastastamme canastoistamme illative canastaamme canastoihimme adessive canastallamme canastoillamme ablative canastaltamme canastoiltamme allative canastallemme canastoillemme essive canastanamme canastoinamme translative canastaksemme canastoiksemme abessive canastattamme canastoittamme instructive — — comitative — canastoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative canastanne canastanne accusative nom. canastanne canastanne gen. canastanne genitive canastanne canastojenne canastainne rare partitive canastaanne canastojanne inessive canastassanne canastoissanne elative canastastanne canastoistanne illative canastaanne canastoihinne adessive canastallanne canastoillanne ablative canastaltanne canastoiltanne allative canastallenne canastoillenne essive canastananne canastoinanne translative canastaksenne canastoiksenne abessive canastattanne canastoittanne instructive — — comitative — canastoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative canastansa canastansa accusative nom. canastansa canastansa gen. canastansa genitive canastansa canastojensa canastainsa rare partitive canastaansa canastojaan canastojansa inessive canastassaan canastassansa canastoissaan canastoissansa elative canastastaan canastastansa canastoistaan canastoistansa illative canastaansa canastoihinsa adessive canastallaan canastallansa canastoillaan canastoillansa ablative canastaltaan canastaltansa canastoiltaan canastoiltansa allative canastalleen canastallensa canastoilleen canastoillensa essive canastanaan canastanansa canastoinaan canastoinansa translative canastakseen canastaksensa canastoikseen canastoiksensa abessive canastattaan canastattansa canastoittaan canastoittansa instructive — — comitative — canastoineen canastoinensa

Further reading

• “canasta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nas.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

canasta f (uncountable)

1. canasta

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish canasta (“canasta; basket, hoop; laundry basket, hamper; basket”), from Latin canistrum (“wicker basket”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kaˈnasta/ [kaˈnas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ta

Noun

canasta (plural canasta-canasta, first-person possessive canastaku, second-person possessive canastamu, third-person possessive canastanya)

1. (card games) canasta

Further reading

• “canasta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canasta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnas.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnas.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈnas.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈnaʃ.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -astɐ, -aʃtɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧nas‧ta

Noun

canasta f (plural canastas)

1. (card games) canasta (game for two or four players, in which two decks of 52 cards are used, and whose objective is to obtain series of seven cards of equal value)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin canistrum. Cognate with English canister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnasta/ [kaˈnas.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: ca‧nas‧ta

Noun

canasta f (plural canastas)

1. basket

   Synonyms: cesto, cesta

2. (card games) canasta
3. (basketball) basket, hoop
4. (Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela) laundry basket, hamper (made of plastic)

Derived terms

• canasta de mimbre (“wicker basket”)

 

Related terms

• canastillo
• canasto

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: кана́ста (kanásta)
• → Czech: kanasta
• → Dutch: canasta
• → English: canasta
• → Finnish: canasta, kanasta
• → French: canasta
• → German: Canasta
• → Hebrew: קנסטה
• → Hungarian: kanaszta
• → Macedonian: кана́ста (kanásta)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: canasta
• → Polish: kanasta
• → Portuguese: canasta
• → Russian: кана́ста (kanásta)

Further reading

• “canasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28