name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
canal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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kə-năl
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Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈnæl/
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British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /kəˈnal/
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New-Zealand: /kəˈnɛl/
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rhymes with -æl
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kə-nĕl
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Canada, also: /kəˈnɛl/
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nonstandard, obsolete: /kəˈnɔːl/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N AE1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
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noun
Meaning 3
A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
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verb
Meaning 6
To travel along a canal by boat
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noun
Meaning 7
long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: watercourse, waterway
Narrower terms: cut, industrial watercourse, raceway, race, ship canal, shipway, Caledonian Canal, Caloosahatchee Canal, Grand Canal, Cape Cod Canal, Erie Canal, New York State Barge Canal
noun
Meaning 8
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the tear duct was obstructed
- the alimentary canal
- poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: duct, epithelial duct, channel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, passageway
Narrower terms: pore, spinal canal, vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis, ductule, ductulus, canaliculus, canal of Schlemm, Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, venous sinus, sinus, lacrimal duct, lachrymal duct, tear duct, nasolacrimal duct, Haversian canal, hepatic duct, inguinal canal, canalis inguinalis, common bile duct, bile duct, pancreatic duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, salivary duct, cerebral aqueduct, Sylvian aqueduct, aqueductus cerebri, ureter, urethra, cervical canal, canalis cervicis uteri, umbilical cord, umbilical, vagina, epididymis, vas deferens, ductus deferens, seminal duct, ejaculatory duct, cartilaginous tube, bronchiole, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, lactiferous duct
noun
Meaning 9
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: channel
verb
Meaning 10
provide (a city) with a canal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: canalize, canalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“channel, canal, narrow passage”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of channel. See also cane and -al.
Across languages
Translations
152 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: kanal — artificial waterway
- Amharic: ቦይ (boy) — artificial waterway
- Arabic: قَنَاة (qanāh) — artificial waterway
- Armenian: ջրանցք (ǰrancʻkʻ) — artificial waterway
- Assamese: খাল (khal) — artificial waterway
- Assamese: নলা (nola) — artificial waterway
- Asturian: canal — artificial waterway
- Azerbaijani: آرخ (arkh) — artificial waterway
- Azerbaijani: arx — artificial waterway
- Azerbaijani: kanal — artificial waterway
- Basque: ubide — artificial waterway
- Belarusian: кана́л (kanál) — artificial waterway
- Bengali: খাল (khal) — artificial waterway
- Breton: kanol — artificial waterway
- Bulgarian: кана́л (kanál) — artificial waterway
- Burmese: မြောင်း (mraung:) — artificial waterway
- Burmese: တူးမြောင်း (tu:mraung:) — artificial waterway
- Catalan: canal — artificial waterway
- Chagatai: اريق (ariq) — artificial waterway
- Chagatai: آريغ (arigh) — artificial waterway
- Chinese Cantonese: 運河 /运河 (wan6 ho4) — artificial waterway
- Chinese: 運河 /运河 (zh-min-nan) — artificial waterway
- Chinese Mandarin: 運河 /运河 (yùnhé) — artificial waterway
- Cornish: kanel — artificial waterway
- Czech: kanál — artificial waterway
- Czech: průplav — artificial waterway
- Danish: kanal — artificial waterway
- Dutch: kanaal — artificial waterway
- Dutch: vaart — artificial waterway
- Dutch: gracht — artificial waterway
- Esperanto: kanalo — artificial waterway
- Estonian: kanal — artificial waterway
- Finnish: kanava — artificial waterway
- French: canal — artificial waterway
- Galician: canal — artificial waterway
- Galician: canle — artificial waterway
- Georgian: არხი (arxi) — artificial waterway
- German: Kanal — artificial waterway
- Greek: κανάλι (kanáli) — artificial waterway
- Ancient Greek: ὀχετός (okhetós) — artificial waterway
- Ancient Greek: διῶρυξ (diôrux) — artificial waterway
- Hawaiian: ʻauwai — artificial waterway
- Hawaiian: alawai — artificial waterway
- Hebrew: תְּעָלָה (te'ala) — artificial waterway
- Hebrew: יְאוֹר (ye'ór) — artificial waterway
- Hindi: नहर (nahar) — artificial waterway
- Hindi: नाला (nālā) — artificial waterway
- Hungarian: csatorna — artificial waterway
- Icelandic: skurður — artificial waterway
- Icelandic: síki — artificial waterway
- Indonesian: kanal — artificial waterway
- Indonesian: terusan — artificial waterway
- Ingrian: kanava — artificial waterway
- Irish: canáil — artificial waterway
- Italian: canale — artificial waterway
- Japanese: 運河 (unga) — artificial waterway
- Japanese: 水路 (suiro) — artificial waterway
- Kazakh: канал (kanal) — artificial waterway
- Khmer: ប្រឡាយ (prɑlaay) — artificial waterway
- Khmer: ព្រែកជីក (prɛɛkciik) — artificial waterway
- Korean: 운하 (unha) — artificial waterway
- Central Kurdish: کەناڵ (kenall) — artificial waterway
- Central Kurdish: جۆگە (coge) — artificial waterway
- Northern Kurdish: co — artificial waterway
- Northern Kurdish: cihok — artificial waterway
- Northern Kurdish: cobar — artificial waterway
- Kyrgyz: канал (kanal) — artificial waterway
- Lao: ຄອງ (khǭng) — artificial waterway
- Lao: ຕະຄອງ (ta khǭng) — artificial waterway
- Lao: ລໍາຄອງ (lam khǭng) — artificial waterway
- Latin: fossa — artificial waterway
- Latvian: kanāls — artificial waterway
- Lithuanian: kanalas — artificial waterway
- Macedonian: канал (kanal) — artificial waterway
- Malay: terusan — artificial waterway
- Maltese: kanal — artificial waterway
- Māori: wai tawaka — artificial waterway
- Mongolian: суваг (suvag) — artificial waterway
- Norman: canal — artificial waterway
- Norwegian Bokmål: kanal — artificial waterway
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kanal — artificial waterway
- Oromo: bo'oo — artificial waterway
- Pennsylvania German: Kanaal — artificial waterway
- Persian: کانال (kânâl) — artificial waterway
- Persian: آبراه (âb-râh) — artificial waterway
- Persian: مادی (mâdi) — artificial waterway
- Polish: kanał — artificial waterway
- Portuguese: canal — artificial waterway
- Punjabi: ਨਹਿਰ (nahir) — artificial waterway
- Rarotongan: aravai — artificial waterway
- Rarotongan: kauvai — artificial waterway
- Romanian: canal — artificial waterway
- Russian: кана́л (kanál) — artificial waterway
- Samoan: alavai — artificial waterway
- Sanskrit: खल्ल (khalla) — artificial waterway
- Sanskrit: कुल्या (kulyā) — artificial waterway
- Scottish Gaelic: canàl — artificial waterway
- Scottish Gaelic: sruth-chlais — artificial waterway
- Serbo-Croatian: канал — artificial waterway
- Serbo-Croatian: kanal — artificial waterway
- Slovak: kanál — artificial waterway
- Slovak: prieplav — artificial waterway
- Slovene: kanal — artificial waterway
- Slovene: prekop — artificial waterway
- Lower Sorbian: kanal — artificial waterway
- Spanish: canal — artificial waterway
- Spanish: caz — artificial waterway
- Spanish: cauz — artificial waterway
- Swahili: mfereji — artificial waterway
- Swedish: kanal — artificial waterway
- Tajik: канал (kanal) — artificial waterway
- Tamil: கால்வாய் (kālvāy) — artificial waterway
- Tamil: வாய்க்கால் (vāykkāl) — artificial waterway
- Telugu: కాలువ (kāluva) — artificial waterway
- Thai: คลอง (klɔɔng) — artificial waterway
- Thai: ลําน้ํา (lamnáam) — artificial waterway
- Tocharian B: newiya — artificial waterway
- Turkish: ark — artificial waterway
- Turkish: kanal — artificial waterway
- Ottoman Turkish: ارغ (argh) — artificial waterway
- Ottoman Turkish: آرق (arq) — artificial waterway
- Ottoman Turkish: جدول (cedvel) — artificial waterway
- Turkmen: kanal — artificial waterway
- Ukrainian: кана́л (kanál) — artificial waterway
- Urdu: نہر (nahar) — artificial waterway
- Uyghur: قانال (qanal) — artificial waterway
- Uzbek: kanal — artificial waterway
- Venetan: val — artificial waterway
- Venetan: vałe — artificial waterway
- Vietnamese: kênh — artificial waterway
- Vietnamese: kênh đào — artificial waterway
- Welsh: camlas — artificial waterway
- Yiddish: קאַנאַל (kanal) — artificial waterway
- Yiddish: דורכגאָס (durkhgos) — artificial waterway
- Afrikaans: kanaal — a tubular channel within the body
- Bulgarian: канал (kanal) — a tubular channel within the body
- Czech: kanálek — a tubular channel within the body
- Dutch: kanaal — a tubular channel within the body
- French: canal — a tubular channel within the body
- German: Kanal — a tubular channel within the body
- German: Gang — a tubular channel within the body
- Irish: conair — a tubular channel within the body
- Irish: canáil — a tubular channel within the body
- Japanese: 管 (kan) — a tubular channel within the body
- Norman: canal — a tubular channel within the body
- Polish: przewód — a tubular channel within the body
- Romanian: canal — a tubular channel within the body
- Slovak: kanálok — a tubular channel within the body
- Spanish: canal — a tubular channel within the body
- Swedish: kanal — a tubular channel within the body
- Turkish: kanal — a tubular channel within the body
- Turkish: mecra — a tubular channel within the body
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