kanón

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See also: kanon, Kanon, kánon, kanön, kaňon, kan'on, and kan-on

Czech

kanón
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Etymology

From German Kanone, from Italian cannone, from canna (“tube”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkanoːn]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧nón

Noun

kanón m inan

  1. (colloquial) cannon [since 19th c.]
    • 1937, Karel Čapek, “Akt druhý - Obraz druhý”, in Bílá nemoc‎[1]:
      Poslyšte, kdybyste vy řekl baronu Krügovi,… aby přestal vyrábět kanóny a munici…
      Listen, if you told baron Krüg,... to stop producing cannons and ammunition...
  2. (military) a kind of cannon with a long strong barrel
    • 1995, Miloš Soukup, Moderní vojenská technika‎[2], Vojenská akademie Brno, →ISBN, page 63:
      Výzbroj tanku tvoří 100mm kanón typ 59, […]
      The tank is armed with a 100mm cannon type 59, […]
  3. (colloquial, complimentary) a very competent person
    • 2014, Pavel Bakič, Noční pád‎[3], Kniha Zlín, translation of Night Fall by Nelson DeMille, →ISBN, page 272:
      Chápu, proč tady tomu šéfujete. Jste kanón.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Template:R:Rejzek 2015

Further reading

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