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

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ca‧nal
Gender
♂️ Masculine
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.

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