can

Signification (Anglais)

1. To know how to; to be able to.
2. (informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
3. To have the potential to; be possible.
4. Used with verbs of perception.
5. (obsolete) To know.
6. To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed).

pouvoir

boîte

boite de conserve

être capable de

je peux

fouindé

nitrate d’ammonium calcaire

se taire

capable de

latrines

mettre en conserve

w c

vécés

“Ok”

trés bien

boîte de conserves

mettre en boîte

nitrate d’ammoniaque calcaire

able to

be able

hind end

tooshie

capable of

know how to

give the sack

be possible

be capable of

beverage can

ability

best effort

I can

chimney-pot

to know how

be successful

be allowed to

water-can

be allowed

drinking vessel

have knowledge of

I can not

milk can

water-closet

be powerful

W.C.

be competent

calcium ammonium nitrate

stop

🛑

May

film holder

receiver element

dish ware

sealed outer housing

tin case

aluminum can

aluminium can

hurdies

the ladies’ room/the mens’ room

the ladies’/the gents’

morning toilet

Fréquence

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.

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