canon

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• kăn'ən
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• /ˈkæn.ən/
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• rhymes with -ænən
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• homophone: cannon
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As an English, Scottish, and Irish surname, variant of Cannon. * As a French topographical surname, from placenames derived from canne (“reed, cane, tube”). * As a Chaldean/Chaldean Neo-Aramaic surname, variant of Kanon, Kanoun, from [script needed] (Kānūn), the Classical Syriac name of the ninth and tenth months of the Assyrian calendar, from ܟܢܘܢ ܒ.

From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon and Old English canon, both from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane, cannon, canyon, canal.

From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Old Northern French canoine).

From Spanish cañón, spelling it without the diacritics.

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kanun — generally accepted principle
• Bulgarian: канон (kanon) — generally accepted principle
• Catalan: cànon — generally accepted principle
• Danish: kanon — generally accepted principle
• Finnish: law) — generally accepted principle
• Finnish: periaate — generally accepted principle
• Middle English: canoun — generally accepted principle
• Polish: kanon — generally accepted principle
• Catalan: cànon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Chinese Cantonese: 真傳 /真传 (zan1 cyun4) — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Danish: kanon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Dutch: canon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Esperanto: kanono — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Finnish: kaanon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• French: canon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Greek: κανόνας (kanónas) — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Hungarian: kánon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Japanese: 正史 (seishi) — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Korean: 캐논 (kaenon) — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Norwegian: kanon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Polish: kanon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Portuguese: cânone — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Spanish: canon — group of literary works accepted as representative
• Chinese Mandarin: 正史 (zhèng shǐ) — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Danish: kanon — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Dutch: oeuvre — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Finnish: kootut teokset — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Greek: αυθεντικά συγγράμματα (afthentiká syngrámmata) — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Greek: άπαντα (ápanta) — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Portuguese: cânone — works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic
• Catalan: cànon — eucharistic prayer
• Dutch: canon — eucharistic prayer
• Finnish: ehtoollisrukous — eucharistic prayer
• Greek: κανών (kanón) — eucharistic prayer
• Irish: canóin — eucharistic prayer
• Manx: oardagh (yn erin) — eucharistic prayer
• Polish: kanon — eucharistic prayer
• Portuguese: cânone — eucharistic prayer
• Bulgarian: канон (kanon) — religious law
• Catalan: cànon — religious law
• Chinese Mandarin: 教規 /教规 (jiàoguī) — religious law
• Chinese Mandarin: 教會法 /教会法 (jiàohuìfǎ) — religious law
• Danish: kanon — religious law
• Dutch: canon — religious law
• Finnish: kaanon — religious law
• French: canon — religious law
• German: Kanon — religious law
• Greek: κανών (kanón) — religious law
• Hungarian: kánon — religious law
• Indonesian: kanon — religious law
• Italian: canone — religious law
• Japanese: 教会法 (kyōkaihō) — religious law
• Middle English: canoun — religious law
• Polish: kanon — religious law
• Portuguese: cânone — religious law
• Russian: кано́н (kanón) — religious law
• Russian: пра́вило (právilo) — religious law
• Slovak: kánon — religious law
• Spanish: canon — religious law
• Danish: kanon — catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church
• Finnish: kaanon — catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church
• Finnish: pyhimysluettelo — catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church
• Japanese: 聖人録 (seijin-roku) — catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church
• Catalan: cànon — in monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order
• Danish: kanon — in monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order
• Finnish: säännöt — in monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order
• Bulgarian: канон (kanon) — piece of music
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡農 /卡农 (kǎnóng) — piece of music
• Czech: kánon — piece of music
• Danish: kanon — piece of music
• Dutch: canon — piece of music
• Finnish: kaanon — piece of music
• French: canon — piece of music
• German: Kanon — piece of music
• Hungarian: kánon — piece of music
• Indonesian: kanon — piece of music
• Irish: canóin — piece of music
• Italian: canone — piece of music
• Manx: canoin — piece of music
• Māori: rangi inaki — piece of music
• Norwegian: kanon — piece of music
• Polish: kanon — piece of music
• Portuguese: cânone — piece of music
• Russian: кано́н (kanón) — piece of music
• Spanish: canon — piece of music
• Swedish: kanon — piece of music
• Chinese Mandarin: 正史 (zhèng shǐ) — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 原設 /原设 (yuánshè) — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 官設 /官设 (guānshè) — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Danish: kanon — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Finnish: alkuperäisteokset — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Indonesian: kanon — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Japanese: カノン (kanon) — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Norwegian: kanon — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Polish: kanon — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Portuguese: cânone — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Russian: кано́н (kanón) — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Swedish: kanon — fandom: the works considered authoritative regarding a fictional universe
• Finnish: kaanon — printing: 48-point type
• French: gros-canon — printing: 48-point type
• German: Missal — printing: 48-point type
• Italian: canone — printing: 48-point type
• Polish: kanon — printing: 48-point type
• Spanish: canon — printing: 48-point type
• Finnish: kruunu — part of a bell by which it is suspended
• French: anses — part of a bell by which it is suspended
• Catalan: canonge — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Czech: kanovník — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Danish: kannik — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Danish: korherre — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Dutch: kanunnik — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Esperanto: kanoniko — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Finnish: kaniikki — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Finnish: kanunki — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• French: chanoine — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Galician: cóengo — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• German: Chorherr — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• German: Kanoniker — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• German: Kanonikus — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• German: Stiftsherr — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Icelandic: kanúki — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Icelandic: kanoki — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Icelandic: kórsbróðir — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Icelandic: kórbróðir — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Italian: canonico — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Manx: canoanagh — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Māori: kēnana — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Middle English: canoun — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: kannik — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: korsbror — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: korbror — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: korherre — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: domherre — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Norwegian: domkapitular — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Polish: kanonik — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Portuguese: cónego — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Portuguese: cônego — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Russian: кано́ник (kanónik) — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Spanish: canónigo — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Swahili: kanoni — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Swedish: kanik — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Swedish: korherre — A clergy member serving a cathedral
• Ukrainian: кано́нік (kanónik) — A clergy member serving a cathedral