cano

Meaning

Verb

1. (conjugation-3, transitive) to sing, recite, play
2. (conjugation-3, transitive) to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call
3. (conjugation-3, transitive) to foretell, predict, prophesy
4. (Medieval-Latin, conjugation-3, transitive) to celebrate Mass
5. (Medieval-Latin, conjugation-3, intransitive, transitive) to pretend (that)
6. (conjugation-3, intransitive) to sing, make music
7. (conjugation-3, intransitive) to chant
8. (conjugation-3, intransitive) to hoot
9. (conjugation-3, intransitive) to sound, resound, play
10. (conjugation-3, intransitive) to sound, play

Adj

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cānus (“white, hoary”)

Concepts

predict

prophesy

resound

sing

play

sound

🔉

echo

foretell

hoot

chant

Synonyms

vaticinor

praeloquor

canto

praedico

sono

🔉

provideo

sonō

inflo

divino

caveo

praecaveo

vaticino

Translations

chanter

cantar

zingen

prophezeien

çalmak

cantar

προβλέπω

jouer

erklingen

🔉

profetitzar

erschallen

🔉

τραγουδώ

tocar

singen

عَزَفَ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈka.noː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kanō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂n-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Compare carmen (“song”) (< *kanmen).
Cognates include Old Irish canaid, Welsh canu, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “cock”), Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō, “ring, clash, clang”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”), каню́чить (kanjúčitʹ), English hen.