canine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- kāʹnīn' (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
- kāʹnīn (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ (General-American)
- /kəˈnaɪn/ (General-American, rare)
- /ˈkænaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- kaʹnīn (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈnaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation, rare)
- /ˈkeɪnaɪn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, doglike, dogtooth”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company[…]
2005, Gareth Roberts, Only Human, page 17:Police in a West Springfield arrested a man named Kenneth Appleby and suggested that he might be a local version of Houston's Dean Corll (this was before John Gacy's Illinois murders had been discovered). Appleby's yard was dug up, but the only bones discovered was canine.
1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 8:We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient.
1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter 8, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live.
1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
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(not-comparable) Dog-like.
In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively.
1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, “The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands,”, in Noughts & Crosses:I look for reflections, in your face Canine devotion, time can't erase Out on the corner, locked in your room I never believe them and I never assume
2000, Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”, in Rated R, performed by Queens of the Stone Age:
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.
1872, Charles Darwin, chapter 10, in Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals:
- (not-comparable, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
Deriveds
canine council · caninize · noncanine · caniniform · condylocanine · precanine · caninelike · caninal · uncanine · caninely · caninekind · canine epileptoid cramping syndrome · canine letter · caninophile · canineness · canicross · canine tooth · canine distemper virus · canine madness · intercanine · postcanine · pretercanine · pseudocanine · supercanine · canine distemper · canine hysteria · caninity
Synonyms
dogly (of dogs) · doglike (dog-like) · dogly (dog-like) · houndly (dog-like) · houndly (of dogs)
Translations (70)
cs psí (pertaining to dogs) · ko 개의 (pertaining to dogs) · pt caninas (pertaining to dogs) · la canīnus (pertaining to dogs) · ga cainíneach (pertaining to dogs) · ro canin (pertaining to dogs) · fr canin (pertaining to dogs) · sl pasji (pertaining to dogs) · ms anjing (pertaining to dogs) · el σκυλο- (pertaining to dogs) · cy cynaidd (pertaining to dogs) · it canino (dog-like) · hy շնային (pertaining to dogs) · vo dogik (pertaining to dogs) · cmn 狗的 (pertaining to dogs) · hy շան (pertaining to dogs) · ms kanin (pertaining to dogs) · es canino (dog-like) · de hundeartig (dog-like) · be саба́чы (pertaining to dogs) · ar كَلْبِيّ (pertaining to dogs) · pt canina (pertaining to dogs) · pa ਕੁੱਤਾ ਵਰਗਾ (dog-like) · be псі́ны (pertaining to dogs) · el κυνικός (dog-like) · el σκυλίσιος (pertaining to dogs) · pt caninas (dog-like) · fo hunda- (pertaining to dogs) · pt canino (dog-like) · nl hondachtig (dog-like) · it canino (pertaining to dogs) · mk кучешки (pertaining to dogs) · hi श्वानीय (pertaining to dogs) · de Hunds- (pertaining to dogs) · nl honds (pertaining to dogs) · el σκυλίσιος (dog-like) · el κυνικός (pertaining to dogs) · sh па̏сјӣ (pertaining to dogs) · es perruno (dog-like) · bg ку́чешки (pertaining to dogs) · uk пе́ський (pertaining to dogs) · yi הינטיש (pertaining to dogs) · ru пси́ный (pertaining to dogs) · grc κύνειος (pertaining to dogs) · be псі (pertaining to dogs) · sk psí (dog-like) · pt canina (dog-like) · sh pȁsjī (pertaining to dogs) · it cagnesco (dog-like) · el κυνοειδής (pertaining to dogs) · pl psi (pertaining to dogs) · ja イヌの (pertaining to dogs) · de hündisch (dog-like) · cy cynol (pertaining to dogs) · uk соба́чий (pertaining to dogs) · ru соба́чий (pertaining to dogs) · de Hunde- (pertaining to dogs) · ca caní (pertaining to dogs) · sk psí (pertaining to dogs) · eo hunda (pertaining to dogs) · de hundeartig (pertaining to dogs) · uk пси́ний (pertaining to dogs) · pt canino (pertaining to dogs) · fi koiramainen (dog-like) · uk пся́чий (pertaining to dogs) · pt caninos (pertaining to dogs) · fi koira- (pertaining to dogs) · pt caninos (dog-like) · es canino (pertaining to dogs) · uk пе́сячий (pertaining to dogs)