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cano.

to sing, recite, play

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈka.noː]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.no]
  1. to sing, recite, play

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  2. to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  3. to foretell, predict, prophesy

    conjugation-3 · transitive
  4. to celebrate Mass

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-3 · transitive
  5. to pretend (that)

    Medieval-Latin · conjugation-3 · intransitive · transitive
  6. to sing, make music

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  7. to chant

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  8. to hoot

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  9. to sound, resound, play

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
  10. to sound, play

    conjugation-3 · intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

adj[ˈkaː.noː]Classical-Latin[ˈkaː.no]
  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cānus (“white, hoary”)

    ablative · dative · form-of · masculine · neuter · singular
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