cane

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (uncountable) A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
2. (uncountable) A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
3. (uncountable) A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
4. (Southern, US, countable, uncountable) A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof
5. (countable) The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
6. (countable, uncountable, with-definite-article) The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
7. (countable, uncountable) The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool
8. (countable) A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
9. (countable) A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
10. (countable) A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant.
11. (uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry.
12. (countable, uncountable) A local European measure of length; the canna.

Verb

1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
2. (transitive) To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
3. (New-Zealand, UK, slang) To destroy; to comprehensively defeat.
4. (New-Zealand, UK, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.
5. (UK, slang) To go very fast.
6. (Australia, UK, intransitive, slang) To produce extreme pain.

Concepten

stok

riet

staf

wandelstok

roe

roede

schacht

spijl

afranselen

baar

blindenstok

paal

stang

pijp

hengel

stokslagen

suikerriet

de stok

rietstok

rotting

rieten

stokslagen geven

Synoniemen

stick

walking stick

staff

reed

rod

baton

rattan

whip

club

crutch

🩼

pole

switch

walking-stick

cudgel

wand

ratan

flog

lash

ferule

vines

beat

strike

stave

scepter

thrash

pitpit

creeper

bamboo

🎍

crook

supple stick

weave

vine

truncheon

sugar cane

straw

lambast

stake

smack

bludgeon

spar

bat

🦇

stuff

rush

sceptre

lambaste

bind

culm

billy

scourge

big stick

Vertalingen

canne

caña

bâton

bastón

Stock

canna

bastone

roseau

Rohr

canya

arundo

Schilf

cana

palo

Spazierstock

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/keɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: cane

In summary

From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.