cane

Meaning

duck (female duck)

Concepts

duck

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dip

douse

canard

duckling

duck’s egg

female duck

Synonyms

canard

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caneton

tchane

Translations

pata

πάπια

Ente

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pata

anatra

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ànec

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بطة

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dişi ördek

ànega

anas

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eend

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pato

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cabussar-se

esquivar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kan/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: cane

Inherited from Old French: cane

Cognate with Norwegian: kane

Cognate with Dutch: kaan

Cognate with German: Kahn

Cognate with Old Norse: kæna

Cognate with Old Norse: knǫrr

Cognate with Old English: cnearr

Cognate with French: canot

In summary

Inherited from Middle French cane (“duck, female duck”, literally “loater, little boat”), from Old French cane (“boat, ship; waterbird”), from Middle Low German kane (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *kaną (“boat, vessel”). See Proto-Germanic *kanô (“boat, vessel”). Cognate with Norwegian kane (“swan-shaped vessel”), Dutch kaan (“boat”), German Kahn (“boat”), Old Norse kæna (“little boat”), and possibly Old Norse knǫrr (“ship”) (whence also Late Latin canardus (“ship”), from Germanic; and Old English cnearr (“merchant ship”)). Related to French canot (“little boat”).