canal

Betekenis

1. (masculine) ditch
2. (masculine) canal (artificial waterway)
3. (masculine) channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
4. (masculine) television channel

Met koppelteken als

ca‧nal

Geslacht

♂️ Mannelijk

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kaˈnaw/

Etymologie

From Old Galician-Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; compare the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha.