canus

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) white
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) hoary
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) frothy
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) gray

Sinonieme

canens

ravus

albus

candidus

cinereus

Vertalings

grau

gris

grey

gris

cinzento

gri

grijs

gris

grigio

cinza

grauw

boz

bigio

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈkaː.nʊs]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”) (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus (“old”), Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto خړ (xëṛ, “grey”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).