canal

Meaning

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

Concepts

channel

canal

duct

pipe

tube

conduit

passage

waterway

tubing

pipeline

transmission channel

canals

ditch

nozzle

numskull

oaf

passageway

penstock

piping

plumbing

rod

seaway

sluice

smoking pipe

television channel

trough

vas

water main

TV channel

main pipe

pipage

sluiceway

outer covering

bay

epithelial duct

bozo

communication channel

cut

drain

fathead

galoot

gate

groove

line

lubber

nitwit

noddy

Synonyms

ducto

duto

conduto

condutas

tubo

canaleta

fosso

tubulação

vala

aqueduto

cachimbo

Canal da Mancha

cano

pipeline

canais

chaminés de fábrica

canal de trasmissão

vias navegáveis

Canal

Hidrovias

hidrovia

estreito

Hidrovia

Translations

canal

canal

canale

Kanal

kanaal

κανάλι

canal

kanal

قناة

conduit

chaîne

condotto

tuyau

conducto

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈnaw/

Etymology

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.