canette
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French kanete (“vase, pitcher for serving beer”), a diminutive (with suffix -ette) of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin cana, canna (“can, jug, vessel”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *kanna (“jug, pitcher, can”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“tankard, mug, can”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *gandʰ-, *gan- (“a vessel, tub”). Cognate with Old High German channa (“can”), Old English canne (“can”). More at can.
Noun
canette f (plural canettes)
Etymology 2
From Middle French canette, equivalent to cane + -ette.
Noun
canette f (plural canettes)
- (female) duckling
Synonyms
- canardeau (cane + -ard + -eau)
- canet (cane + -et; Old French)
- caneton (cane + -et + -on)
- canetonne (cane + -et + -onne)
- canichon (cane + -iche + -on)
Further reading
- “canette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms derived from Medieval Latin
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms suffixed with -ette