can

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (auxiliary, defective) To know how to.
2. (auxiliary, defective) To be able to.
3. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
4. (auxiliary, defective, modal) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
5. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
7. (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
8. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
9. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

Intj

1. (Manglish, Singlish) OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
2. (Manglish, Singlish) Used to convey reassurance.

Particle

OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.

Noun

1. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
2. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
3. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
4. (archaic) A chamber pot.
5. (US, archaic, slang) A chamber pot.
6. (Canada, US, childish, slang, vulgar) Buttocks.
7. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The breasts of a woman.
8. (slang) Jail or prison.
9. (in-plural, slang) Headphones.
10. (archaic) A drinking cup.
11. A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
12. A chimney pot.
13. (in-plural, slang) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
14. (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
15. A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

Concepts

pouvoir

boîte

📦

toilette

🚽

canette

boîte de conserve

toilettes

savoir

salle de bain

bidon

fesses

miches

cul

postérieur

conserver

boite de conserve

derrière

fessier

cabinet

être capable de

lune

🌔

petit coin

pleine lune

🌕

pot

peut

séant

bac

⛴️

jeter

lavabo

je peux

WC

🚾

étain

capacité

mieux

baquet

arrosoir

fouindé

appuyer

conserve

🥫

nitrate d’ammonium calcaire

boite

bien

👍

renvoyer

risquer

salle

salle de bains

se taire

taire

terminer

🔚

tirer

autoriser

Opposé de

cannot, can't, may not, mayn't

Synonymes

tin

able

may

be able to

able to

be able

tin can

toilet

🚽

lavatory

jar

🫙

lav

possible

john

pot

bathroom

container

jug

box

📦

backside

posterior

privy

derriere

restroom

🚻

loo

buttocks

buns

bottom

sack

rear

washroom

behind

hindquarters

hind end

bottle

ass

🍑

seat

💺

rump

fanny

arse

nates

put up

rear end

tail

could

prat

keister

butt

bum

fundament

preserve

Traductions

poder

können

potere

lata

kunnen

Dose

📦

poder

scatola

📦

lattina

poder

saber

μπορώ

Klo

🚽

Toilette

🚽

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: can

Hérité de ancien anglais: cann

Hérité de moyen anglais: canne

Hérité de ancien anglais: canne

In summary

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.

Phrases

I can do no more .

Je ne peux plus faire.

I can learn something from the desert , too .

Je peux aussi apprendre quelque chose du désert.

But , if you can , try to make your own decisions .

Mais, si vous le pouvez, essayez de prendre vos propres décisions.

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

Parfois, je me demande comment il peut y avoir tellement d'étoiles dans le ciel.

" I can clean up those glasses in the window , if you want ," said the boy .

"Je peux nettoyer ces lunettes dans la fenêtre, si vous le souhaitez", a déclaré le garçon.

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

Boire trop d'eau dans un court laps de temps peut être mortel.