cannot

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkænɒt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkænˈɒt/
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• /ˈkænɑt/ without æ-raising
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• [ˈkhænɑt] without æ-raising
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• /ˈkeə̯nɑt/ æ-raising
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• [ˈkheə̯nɑt] æ-raising
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• /ˈkɛə̯nɑt/ æ-raising
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• [ˈkhɛə̯nɑt] æ-raising
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /kəˈnɑt/
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• [khəˈnɑt]
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• rhymes with -ɒt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N AA0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English can not, cannot, cannouȝt, etc. (compare Old English ne cann), equivalent to can + not.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَجَزَ (ʕajaza) — cannot — see also can, not
• Arabic: لَا يَسْتَطِيع (lā yastaṭīʕ) — cannot — see also can, not
• Australian Kriol: gan — cannot — see also can, not
• Bulgarian: не може (ne može) — cannot — see also can, not
• Catalan: no poder — cannot — see also can, not
• Chinese Mandarin: 不會 /不会 (bù huì) — cannot — see also can, not
• Chinese Mandarin: 不要 (bù yào) — cannot — see also can, not
• Chinese Mandarin: 不能 (bù néng) — cannot — see also can, not
• Chinese Mandarin: 不行 (bù xíng) — cannot — see also can, not
• Chinese Mandarin: e.g.: ...不了 (...bùliǎo) — cannot — see also can, not
• Czech: nemoct — cannot — see also can, not
• Danish: kan ikke — cannot — see also can, not
• Dutch: niet kunnen — cannot — see also can, not
• Esperanto: ne povi — cannot — see also can, not
• Esperanto: ne rajtas — cannot — see also can, not
• Finnish: ei voi — cannot — see also can, not
• Finnish: ei osaa — cannot — see also can, not
• French: ne pas pouvoir — cannot — see also can, not
• German: nicht können — cannot — see also can, not
• Greek: δεν μπορώ (den boró) — cannot — see also can, not
• Italian: non potere — cannot — see also can, not
• Jamaican Creole: cyaan — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: ...できない (...dekinai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: ...駄目である (...dame de aru) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: ...してはならない (...shite wa naranai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: ...してはいけない (...shite wa ikenai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: e.g.: 読めない (yomenai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: 食べられない (taberarenai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Japanese: 食べれない (taberenai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Kapampangan: ali — cannot — see also can, not
• Kapampangan: masakit — cannot — see also can, not
• Kapampangan: e — cannot — see also can, not
• Khmer: មិនអាច (mɨn aac) — cannot — see also can, not
• Korean: 못 (mot) — cannot — see also can, not
• Korean: -을 수 없다 (-eul su eopda) — cannot — see also can, not
• Korean: 못하다 (mothada) — cannot — see also can, not
• Latin: non posse — cannot — see also can, not
• Latin: nescio — cannot — see also can, not
• Latin: nequeo — cannot — see also can, not
• Latin: prohibetur — cannot — see also can, not
• Latin: non licet — cannot — see also can, not
• Latvian: nevar — cannot — see also can, not
• Latvian: nespēj — cannot — see also can, not
• Norwegian Bokmål: kan ikke — cannot — see also can, not
• Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰢𐰀 — cannot — see also can, not
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: kaa — cannot — see also can, not
• Polish: nie móc — cannot — see also can, not
• Portuguese: não pode — cannot — see also can, not
• Russian: не мо́чь (ne móčʹ) — cannot — see also can, not
• Russian: нельзя́ (nelʹzjá) — cannot — see also can, not
• Slovak: nemôcť — cannot — see also can, not
• Slovak: nebyť schopný — cannot — see also can, not
• Slovak: nedokázať — cannot — see also can, not
• Spanish: no poder — cannot — see also can, not
• Swedish: kan inte — cannot — see also can, not
• Swedish: kan icke — cannot — see also can, not
• Swedish: kan ej — cannot — see also can, not
• Thai: ...ไม่ได้ (...mâi dâai) — cannot — see also can, not
• Thai: ...ไม่เป็น (...mâi bpen) — cannot — see also can, not
• Turkish: -ama — cannot — see also can, not
• Turkish: -eme — cannot — see also can, not
• Vietnamese: có thể không — cannot — see also can, not
• Welsh: methu — cannot — see also can, not
• Welsh: ffili — cannot — see also can, not
• Welsh: dim gallu — cannot — see also can, not