cane

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Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old French canebor. Middle English cane English cane From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.

226 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: riet — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Albanian: kallam — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Arabic: بُوص (būṣ) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Arabic: قَصَبَة (qaṣaba) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Armenian: եղեգ (eġeg) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Assamese: বেত (bet) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Belarusian: кій (kij) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Belarusian: трысці́на (tryscína) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Belarusian: трысьці́на (trysʹcína) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Bengali: বেত (bet) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Bulgarian: тръсти́ка (trǎstíka) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Catalan: canya — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Cebuano: tubo — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Chamicuro: aki's̈ho — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Chinese Mandarin: 莖 /茎 (jīng) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Czech: třtina — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Dutch: riet — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Dutch: rietstok — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Esperanto: kano — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Finnish: korsi — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Finnish: ruoko — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• French: canne — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• French: tige — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Galician: cana — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Galician: canivela — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Galician: canavela — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Galician: canaveira — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• German: Rohr — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Hebrew: קָנֶה (kané) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Hindi: बेत (bet) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Hindi: बेँत (bẽt) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Hungarian: nádpálca — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Italian: canna — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Italian: canna di bambu — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Italian: canna da zucchero — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Italian: giunco — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Japanese: 杖 (tsue) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Javanese: tebu — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Khmer: ផ្ដៅ (phdaw) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Korean: 대 (dae) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Korean: 줄기 (julgi) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Lao: ອ້ອຍທີ່ສົ່ງອອກ (ʼǭi thī song ʼǭk) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Latin: canna — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Luhya: siboko — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Macedonian: трска (trska) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Marathi: बेताची काठी (betācī kāṭhī) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Navajo: ákaz łikaní — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Navajo: dáʼákaz łikaní — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Navajo: lókʼaatsoh — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Occitan: cana — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Portuguese: colmo — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Quechua: siku — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Romanian: tijă — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Russian: трость (trostʹ) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Russian: па́лка (pálka) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Serbo-Croatian: тр̏ска — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Serbo-Croatian: tȑska — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Sicilian: canna — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Sicilian: juncu — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Slovak: trstina — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Slovene: trs — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Spanish: caña — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Swahili: kiboko — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Swahili: fimbo — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Swahili: ufito — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Tagalog: tubo — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Tarifit: aɣanim — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Turkish: kamış — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Turkish: saz — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Turkish: kargı — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Ukrainian: трости́на (trostýna) — slender flexible stem of plants such as bamboo
• Armenian: եղեգ (eġeg) — plant itself
• Belarusian: трыснёг (trysnjóh) — plant itself
• Belarusian: трысьнёг (trysʹnjóh) — plant itself
• Belarusian: чаро́т (čarót) — plant itself
• Bulgarian: тръсти́ка (trǎstíka) — plant itself
• Catalan: canya — plant itself
• Chinese Mandarin: 蘆葦 /芦苇 (lúwěi) — plant itself
• Czech: třtina — plant itself
• Dutch: riet — plant itself
• Esperanto: kano — plant itself
• Finnish: ruoko — plant itself
• Galician: cana — plant itself
• Galician: canivela — plant itself
• Galician: canavela — plant itself
• Galician: canaveira — plant itself
• Galician: carrizo — plant itself
• German: Rohr — plant itself
• Hebrew: קָנֶה (kané) — plant itself
• Hindi: बेत (bet) — plant itself
• Hindi: बेँत (bẽt) — plant itself
• Italian: canna — plant itself
• Japanese: 蘆 (ashi) — plant itself
• Japanese: 葦 (ashi) — plant itself
• Japanese: よし (yoshi) — plant itself
• Korean: 갈대 (galdae) — plant itself
• Korean: 갈 (gal) — plant itself
• Korean: 로 (ro) — plant itself
• Luhya: kumsala — plant itself
• Macedonian: трска (trska) — plant itself
• Occitan: cana — plant itself
• Portuguese: cana — plant itself
• Purepecha: p'atamu — plant itself
• Romagnol: câna — plant itself
• Russian: тростни́к (trostník) — plant itself
• Sicilian: canna — plant itself
• Spanish: caña — plant itself
• Swahili: mmea — plant itself
• Turkish: kamış — plant itself
• Turkish: saz — plant itself
• Turkish: kargı — plant itself
• Ukrainian: очере́т (očerét) — plant itself
• Armenian: փայտ (pʻayt) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Bulgarian: пръ́чка (prǎ́čka) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Chinese Mandarin: 藤條 /藤条 (téngtiáo) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Dutch: roe — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Dutch: stok — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Esperanto: vergo — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Finnish: keppi — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• French: canne — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Galician: vara — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Galician: vergasta — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Galician: fustriga — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Galician: xostra — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• German: Rohrstock — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Hebrew: מַקֵּל (makél) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Hindi: बेत (bet) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Hindi: छड़ी (chaṛī) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Hindi: डंडा (ḍaṇḍā) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Hindi: बेँत (bẽt) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Ido: bastono — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Italian: bastone — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Italian: bacchetta — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Italian: verga — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Korean: 매 (mae) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Latin: virga — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Luhya: siboko — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Macedonian: пра́чка (práčka) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Macedonian: стап (stap) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Norman: houssinne — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Portuguese: chibata — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Portuguese: vergasta — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Russian: ро́зга (rózga) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Russian: прут (prut) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Sicilian: vìriga — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Swahili: kiboko — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Turkish: sopa — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Ottoman Turkish: دكنك (değenek) — a short wooden or bamboo rod or stick used for corporal punishment
• Bulgarian: бой с пръ́чка (boj s prǎ́čka) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Chinese Mandarin: 抽打 (chōudǎ) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Finnish: keppi — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• French: bastonnade — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Galician: vareada — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Hebrew: מלקות (malqot) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Italian: bastonata — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Macedonian: стап (stap) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Portuguese: chibateamento — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Russian: уда́р ро́згами (udár rózgami) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Russian: уда́р па́лкой (udár pálkoj) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Sicilian: vastunata — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Sicilian: corpu di vìriga — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Turkish: sopa — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Turkish: falaka — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Ottoman Turkish: دكنك (değenek) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Ottoman Turkish: صوپه (sopa) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Ottoman Turkish: كوتك (kötek) — the cane: corporal punishment consisting of a beating with a cane
• Belarusian: кій (kij) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Belarusian: трысці́на (tryscína) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Belarusian: трысьці́на (trysʹcína) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Bulgarian: басту́н (bastún) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Chinese Mandarin: 手杖 (shǒuzhàng) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Danish: blindestok — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Danish: hvid stok — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Dutch: blindenstok — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Esperanto: promenkano — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Esperanto: promenbastono — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Esperanto: blindulbastono — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Finnish: keppi — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Finnish: valkoinen keppi — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• French: canne — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• French: canne blanche — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Galician: bastón — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• German: Blindenstock — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• German: weisser Langstock — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Hindi: बेत (bet) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Hindi: छड़ी (chaṛī) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Hindi: डंडा (ḍaṇḍā) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Hindi: बेँत (bẽt) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Italian: bastone — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Kabuverdianu: bengala — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Khmer: រំពាត់ (rumpŏət) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Luhya: kumkongojo — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Macedonian: стап (stap) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Portuguese: bengala — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Romanian: baston — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Russian: трость (trostʹ) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Spanish: bastón — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Spanish: bastón blanco — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Swahili: fimbo — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Swahili: ufito — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Turkish: baston — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Turkish: değnek — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Ukrainian: трости́на (trostýna) — long collapsible rod used by vision impaired people
• Khiamniungan Naga: vāisǖāi — rope made from bamboo or cane
• Armenian: փայտով ծեծել (pʻaytov cecel) — to beat with a cane
• Bulgarian: бия с пръчка (bija s prǎčka) — to beat with a cane
• Dutch: stokslagen geven — to beat with a cane
• Dutch: afranselen — to beat with a cane
• Finnish: antaa keppiä — to beat with a cane
• French: bâtonner — to beat with a cane
• Ido: bastonagar — to beat with a cane
• Italian: battere — to beat with a cane
• Italian: bastonare — to beat with a cane
• Macedonian: шиба (šiba) — to beat with a cane
• Norman: donner la tchêne — to beat with a cane
• Norman: latter — to beat with a cane
• Norman: vrédîndgi — to beat with a cane
• Norman: vrier — to beat with a cane
• Norman: codrer — to beat with a cane
• Polish: chłostać — to beat with a cane
• Portuguese: chibatar — to beat with a cane
• Portuguese: chibatear — to beat with a cane
• Portuguese: vergastar — to beat with a cane
• Russian: бить па́лкой (bitʹ pálkoj) — to beat with a cane
• Turkish: sopalamak — to beat with a cane
• Turkish: değneklemek — to beat with a cane