kan

See also: Kan., kān, kǎn, kàn, kán, k'an, k'än, and kañ

English

Etymology 1

Noun

kan (plural kans)

  1. Archaic form of khan.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 貫.

Noun

kan (plural kan)

  1. A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 8.267 lb.
    • 2000, Hideo Yamashita, Healthy Culture and Unhealthy Culture
      After having subtracted the bad and uncollectable debt above, the net property was around 32000 kan of silver […]

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan/

Verb

kan (present kan, past kon)

  1. can

Alak

Noun

kan

  1. (Harak) woman

Alternative forms

Further reading

Awar

Noun

kan

  1. tree

Further reading

  • Catherine Levy, Language Research in Papua New Guinea: A Case Study of Awar (2005)

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã˦ã˨]

Noun

kan

  1. (anatomy) neck

References

Breton

Noun

kan m

  1. song

Chuukese

Determiner

kan

  1. (possessive subject marker) these

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Verb

kan

  1. present tense of kunne

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch canne. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑn
  • IPA(key): /kɑn/
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Noun

kan f (plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

  1. jug
  2. pot (for tea, coffee, etc.)
  3. can (cylindrical vessel)

Verb

kan

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
  2. imperative of kunnen
  3. (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen

Synonyms

  • (2) kunt - more formal

Gagauz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Noun

kan (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

  1. blood

German

Verb

kan

  1. Obsolete spelling of kann

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

  1. when

Synonyms

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒn]
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Noun

kan (plural kanok)

  1. male (of dogs)
  2. boar

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kan kanok
accusative kant kanokat
dative kannak kanoknak
instrumental kannal kanokkal
causal-final kanért kanokért
translative kanná kanokká
terminative kanig kanokig
essive-formal kanként kanokként
essive-modal — —
inessive kanban kanokban
superessive kanon kanokon
adessive kannál kanoknál
illative kanba kanokba
sublative kanra kanokra
allative kanhoz kanokhoz
elative kanból kanokból
delative kanról kanokról
ablative kantól kanoktól
Possessive forms of kan
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kanom kanjaim
2nd person sing. kanod kanjaid
3rd person sing. kanja kanjai
1st person plural kanunk kanjaink
2nd person plural kanotok kanjaitok
3rd person plural kanjuk kanjaik

Antonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

kan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カン

Kera

Noun

kan

  1. water

References

  • Takács, Gábor (1999-2008) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of bukan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan/
  • Rhymes: -kan, -an

Adverb

kan

  1. isn't it?

Mandarin

Romanization

kan

  1. Nonstandard spelling of kān.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of kàn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

  1. when

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kan

  1. present tense of kunne
  2. can; may; be able to
  3. kan ikke - cannot, can't

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kan

  1. present tense of kunna/kunne

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्ण (kárṇa, “ear”). Cognate with Hindi कान (kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ (kann, “ear”).

Noun

kan m (plural kan)

  1. ear

Seimat

Noun

kan

  1. water; fresh water

References

  • Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâːn/
  • Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

kȃn m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

  1. khan

Declension

Somali

Determiner

kan

  1. this (masculine)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanː/
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Verb

kan

  1. present tense of kunna

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English cunt.

Noun

kan

  1. (vulgar) cunt (female genitalia)
  2. (vulgar) cunt (term of abuse)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قان‎ (kan, “blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kiān (“blood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑn/

Noun

kan (definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)

  1. blood
  2. linage

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kan
Definite accusative kanı
Singular Plural
Nominative kan kanlar
Definite accusative kanı kanları
Dative kana kanlara
Locative kanda kanlarda
Ablative kandan kanlardan
Genitive kanın kanların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kanım kanlarım
2nd singular kanın kanların
3rd singular kanı kanları
1st plural kanımız kanlarımız
2nd plural kanınız kanlarınız
3rd plural kanları kanları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kanım kanlarım
2nd singular kansın kanlarsın
3rd singular kan
kandır		 kanlar
kanlardır
1st plural kanız kanlarız
2nd plural kansınız kanlarsınız
3rd plural kanlar kanlardır
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