kan

See also: Kan., kān, kǎn, kàn, kán, k'an, and k'än

English

Noun

kan ‎(plural kans)

1. Archaic form of khan.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kan.

Verb

kan ‎(present kan, past kon)

1. can

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Breton

Noun

kan m

1. song

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Chuukese

Determiner

kan

1. (possessive subject marker) these

Related terms

• ekkan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn
• IPA^(key): /kɑn/

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Noun

kan c ‎(plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. jug
2. pot (tea, coffee)
3. can (cylindrical vessel)

Verb

kan

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
2. imperative of kunnen
3. (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen

Synonyms

• (2) kunt - more formal

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Gagauz

Noun

kan ‎(definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. blood

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German

Verb

kan

1. Obsolete spelling of kann

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

Synonyms

• kilè

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Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒn]

• Audio

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Noun

kan ‎(plural kanok)

1. male (of dogs)
2. boar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kan	kanok
accusative	kant	kanokat
dative	kannak	kanoknak
instrumental	kannal	kanokkal
causal-final	kanért	kanokért
translative	kanná	kanokká
terminative	kanig	kanokig
essive-formal	kanként	kanokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kanban	kanokban
superessive	kanon	kanokon
adessive	kannál	kanoknál
illative	kanba	kanokba
sublative	kanra	kanokra
allative	kanhoz	kanokhoz
elative	kanból	kanokból
delative	kanról	kanokról
ablative	kantól	kanoktól

Possessive forms of kan
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kanom	kanjaim
2nd person sing.	kanod	kanjaid
3rd person sing.	kanja	kanjai
1st person plural	kanunk	kanjaink
2nd person plural	kanotok	kanjaitok
3rd person plural	kanjuk	kanjaik

Antonyms

• (dog): szuka

Derived terms

• kanász
• vadkan

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Japanese

Romanization

kan

1. rōmaji reading of かん
2. rōmaji reading of カン

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Kera

Noun

kan

1. water

References

• Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]

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Lojban

Rafsi

kan

1. rafsi of kansa.

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of bukan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Adverb

kan

1. isn't it?

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Mandarin

Romanization

kan

1. Nonstandard spelling of kān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunne
2. can; may; be able to
3. kan ikke - cannot, can't

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna/kunne

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्ण ‎(kárṇa, “ear”). Cognate with Hindi कान ‎(kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ ‎(kann, “ear”).

Noun

kan m ‎(plural kan)

1. ear

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Seimat

Noun

kan

1. water; fresh water

References

• Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

kȃn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

1. khan

Declension

Declension of kan

	singular	plural
nominative	kan	kánovi
genitive	kana	kanova
dative	kanu	kanovima
accusative	kana	kanove
vocative	kane	kanovi
locative	kanu	kanovima
instrumental	kanom	kanovima

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Somali

Determiner

kan

1. this (masculine)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanː/

• audio

  (file)

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kan (“blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kān, *Kiān ‎(“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn/

Noun

kan ‎(definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)

1. blood
2. linage

Derived terms

Derived terms

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