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canal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈnæl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (London) audio
  • kə-năl
  • kə-nĕl
  • /kəˈnɔːl/ (nonstandard, obsolete)
  • /kəˈnal/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /kəˈnɛl/ (Canada, also)
  • /kəˈnɛl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
  2. A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
    • 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. 2022 March 29, Karen McGee, “Stunning breakthrough: the platypus and echidnas came from the South Pole”, in Australian Geographic:
  3. One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

Forms

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canals Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

canalize · canal of Schlemm · spinal canal · noncanal · canalography · intracanal · canalotomy · mandibular canal · Gaertner's canal · C&D Canal · canalage · stone canal · nerve of the pterygoid canal · pterygoid canal · canal bridge · canalise · Panama Canal · hyaloid canal · Haversian canal · triosseal canal · canalolith · auditory canal · canal basin · cervical canal · love canal · minicanal · canal of Hering · carpal canal · intercanal · canal coal · canalside · Canal Street · canalicule · alar canal · lacrimal canal · internal auditory canal · nanocanal · sand canal · inguinal canal · radial canal · canaller · canalogram · canal of Nuck · canaliferous · Gartner's canal · birth canal · ship canal · cloud canal · canalolithiasis · semicircular canal · canalman · Tribeca · Schlemm's canal · central canal · Canal Foot · external auditory canal · neurenteric canal · Suez Canal · incisive canal · neural canal · femoral canal · food canal · canaloplasty · alimentary canal · Corinth Canal · canaliform · Laurer's canal · root canal · canal boat · ear canal · hypoglossal canal · vertebral canal

Descendants

canàl

Relateds

canalization · channelize · channel · channelization

Translations (152)

as নলা (artificial waterway) · sk kanálok (a tubular channel within the body) · bg канал (a tubular channel within the body) · yi קאַנאַל (artificial waterway) · tr ark (artificial waterway) · haw ʻauwai (artificial waterway) · es canal (artificial waterway) · ast canal (artificial waterway) · txb newiya (artificial waterway) · pt canal (artificial waterway) · nrf canal (a tubular channel within the body) · de Kanal (artificial waterway) · ja 運河 (artificial waterway) · vi kênh (artificial waterway) · es cauz (artificial waterway) · grc ὀχετός (artificial waterway) · pa ਨਹਿਰ (artificial waterway) · izh kanava (artificial waterway) · tk kanal (artificial waterway) · vi kênh đào (artificial waterway) · es canal (a tubular channel within the body) · ja(a tubular channel within the body) · az آرخ (artificial waterway) · el κανάλι (artificial waterway) · ko 운하 (artificial waterway) · sa कुल्या (artificial waterway) · fr canal (artificial waterway) · is síki (artificial waterway) · tr kanal (artificial waterway) · chg اريق (artificial waterway) · dsb kanal (artificial waterway) · pl kanał (artificial waterway) · eo kanalo (artificial waterway) · vec vałe (artificial waterway) · as খাল (artificial waterway) · sh kanal (artificial waterway) · my မြောင်း (artificial waterway) · chg آريغ (artificial waterway) · lo ຕະຄອງ (artificial waterway) · ar قَنَاة (artificial waterway) · et kanal (artificial waterway) · gd canàl (artificial waterway) · nn kanal (artificial waterway) · sw mfereji (artificial waterway) · sk prieplav (artificial waterway) · id terusan (artificial waterway) · hi नहर (artificial waterway) · sk kanál (artificial waterway) · cs kanál (artificial waterway) · da kanal (artificial waterway) · pl przewód (a tubular channel within the body) · cs kanálek (a tubular channel within the body) · cmn 運河 /运河 (artificial waterway) · tr mecra (a tubular channel within the body) · vec val (artificial waterway) · af kanaal (a tubular channel within the body) · rar kauvai (artificial waterway) · gd sruth-chlais (artificial waterway) · kmr cihok (artificial waterway) · he יְאוֹר (artificial waterway) · uk кана́л (artificial waterway) · ga canáil (artificial waterway) · km ព្រែកជីក (artificial waterway) · gl canal (artificial waterway) · cs průplav (artificial waterway) · tg канал (artificial waterway) · nl vaart (artificial waterway) · yi דורכגאָס (artificial waterway) · ckb جۆگە (artificial waterway) · am ቦይ (artificial waterway) · yue 運河 /运河 (artificial waterway) · th ลำน้ำ (artificial waterway) · he תְּעָלָה (artificial waterway) · fa کانال (artificial waterway) · nan-hbl 運河 /运河 (artificial waterway) · nl kanaal (artificial waterway) · ta வாய்க்கால் (artificial waterway) · ja 水路 (artificial waterway) · ckb کەناڵ (artificial waterway) · sv kanal (artificial waterway) · ur نہر (artificial waterway) · bg кана́л (artificial waterway) · ota ارغ (artificial waterway) · mt kanal (artificial waterway) · sh канал (artificial waterway) · fr canal (a tubular channel within the body) · az kanal (artificial waterway) · lo ຄອງ (artificial waterway) · ms terusan (artificial waterway) · ga canáil (a tubular channel within the body) · uz kanal (artificial waterway) · is skurður (artificial waterway) · hu csatorna (artificial waterway) · sl kanal (artificial waterway) · la fossa (artificial waterway) · id kanal (artificial waterway) · hi नाला (artificial waterway) · lo ລຳຄອງ (artificial waterway) · it canale (artificial waterway) · sa खल्ल (artificial waterway) · mn суваг (artificial waterway) · ro canal (a tubular channel within the body) · th คลอง (artificial waterway) · ky канал (artificial waterway) · gl canle (artificial waterway) · ta கால்வாய் (artificial waterway) · az arx (artificial waterway) · lt kanalas (artificial waterway) · kw kanel (artificial waterway) · ka არხი (artificial waterway) · be кана́л (artificial waterway) · km ប្រឡាយ (artificial waterway) · de Kanal (a tubular channel within the body) · grc διῶρυξ (artificial waterway) · nl gracht (artificial waterway) · sl prekop (artificial waterway) · es caz (artificial waterway) · fi kanava (artificial waterway) · mi wai tawaka (artificial waterway) · om bo'oo (artificial waterway) · br kanol (artificial waterway) · rar aravai (artificial waterway) · ota جدول (artificial waterway) · nb kanal (artificial waterway) · bn খাল (artificial waterway) · pdc Kanaal (artificial waterway) · mk канал (artificial waterway) · ga conair (a tubular channel within the body) · fa مادی (artificial waterway) · ro canal (artificial waterway) · ota آرق (artificial waterway) · nl kanaal (a tubular channel within the body) · sm alavai (artificial waterway) · fa آبراه (artificial waterway) · my တူးမြောင်း (artificial waterway) · ug قانال (artificial waterway) · kmr co (artificial waterway) · te కాలువ (artificial waterway) · eu ubide (artificial waterway) · ru кана́л (artificial waterway) · tr kanal (a tubular channel within the body) · sq kanal (artificial waterway) · ca canal (artificial waterway) · kmr cobar (artificial waterway) · haw alawai (artificial waterway) · kk канал (artificial waterway) · nrf canal (artificial waterway) · lv kanāls (artificial waterway) · hy ջրանցք (artificial waterway) · de Gang (a tubular channel within the body) · cy camlas (artificial waterway) · sv kanal (a tubular channel within the body)

canal en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈnæl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (London) audio
  • kə-năl
  • kə-nĕl
  • /kəˈnɔːl/ (nonstandard, obsolete)
  • /kəˈnal/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /kəˈnɛl/ (Canada, also)
  • /kəˈnɛl/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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

Forms

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canalling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
canals Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
canalled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
canalled Tense=Past lexicographic