canon

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A generally accepted principle; a rule.
2. (countable, uncountable) A generally accepted principle; a rule.
3. (countable, uncountable) A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
4. (countable, uncountable) The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
5. (countable, uncountable) A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
6. (countable, uncountable) A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
7. (countable, uncountable) A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
8. (countable, uncountable) In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
9. (countable, uncountable) A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
10. (Roman, countable, uncountable) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
11. (slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe; (metonymic) these sources' content.
12. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of cannon (“rolled and filleted loin of meat”).
13. (dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
14. (countable, uncountable) The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

Adj

Clipping of canonical.

Conceptos

canon

canónigo

cañón

canonizar

gran canon

Opuesto a

non-canon

Sinónimos

rule

law

canyon

norm

regulation

round

code

standard

precept

catch

manage

mortgage

order

pawn

principle

procedure

provost

scriptures

specification

specs

square

statute

test

troll

🧌

teaching guide

established principle

canonical law

performance specification

barrel

big gun

canonical

criterion

doctrine

dogma

ear

👂

edict

formula

Traducciones

canone

chanoine

cânone

Kanon

canon

canon

canonico

cônego

kanunnik

κανόνας

canonge

cànon

Stiftsherr

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæn.ən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: canoun

Heredado de inglés antiguo: canon

Cognado con hebreo: קָנֶה

Cognado con árabe: قَنَاة

Cognado con inglés antiguo: canonic

In summary

From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon and Old English canon, both from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane, cannon, canyon, canal.