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

Hyphenated as

ca‧nal

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.