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• /ˈkæn.vəs/
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• Nigeria: /ˈkæn.væs/
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• homophone: canvass
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N V AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English canevas, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compare Old French chanevas, chenevas) from a root derived from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare French canevas, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French. Doublet of cannabis and hemp.

A variant of canvass.

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: seildoek — type of coarse cloth
• Afrikaans: seil — type of coarse cloth
• Armenian: կտավ (ktav) — type of coarse cloth
• Armenian: քաթան (kʻatʻan) — type of coarse cloth
• Armenian: պարուսին (parusin) — type of coarse cloth
• Bulgarian: платни́ще (platníšte) — type of coarse cloth
• Bulgarian: брезе́нт (brezént) — type of coarse cloth
• Catalan: lona — type of coarse cloth
• Catalan: canemàs — type of coarse cloth
• Chinese Cantonese: 帆布 (faan4 bou3) — type of coarse cloth
• Chinese Mandarin: 帆布 (fānbù) — type of coarse cloth
• Czech: plátno — type of coarse cloth
• Danish: lærred — type of coarse cloth
• Danish: sejldug — type of coarse cloth
• Dutch: canvas — type of coarse cloth
• Esperanto: kanvaso — type of coarse cloth
• Finnish: kanvasti — type of coarse cloth
• Finnish: kanvaasi — type of coarse cloth
• Finnish: telttakangas — type of coarse cloth
• Finnish: purjekangas — type of coarse cloth
• French: toile — type of coarse cloth
• Friulian: tele — type of coarse cloth
• Galician: cotonía — type of coarse cloth
• Galician: treu — type of coarse cloth
• German: Leinen — type of coarse cloth
• German: Segeltuch — type of coarse cloth
• German: Canvas — type of coarse cloth
• Greek: καραβόπανο (karavópano) — type of coarse cloth
• Greek: λινάτσα (linátsa) — type of coarse cloth
• Greek: καναβάτσο (kanavátso) — type of coarse cloth
• Hebrew: קַנְבָס (kanvás) — type of coarse cloth
• Hungarian: kanavász — type of coarse cloth
• Hungarian: vitorlavászon — type of coarse cloth
• Irish: anairt — type of coarse cloth
• Irish: canbhás — type of coarse cloth
• Italian: canovaccio — type of coarse cloth
• Italian: tela — type of coarse cloth
• Japanese: 帆布 (hanpu) — type of coarse cloth
• Japanese: キャンバス (kyanbasu) — type of coarse cloth
• Japanese: ズック (zukku) — type of coarse cloth
• Kazakh: кенеп (kenep) — type of coarse cloth
• Korean: 타프 (tapeu) — type of coarse cloth
• Korean: 범포 (beompo) — type of coarse cloth
• Lithuanian: drobė — type of coarse cloth
• Macedonian: мушама (mušama) — type of coarse cloth
• Malay: kanvas — type of coarse cloth
• Māori: kānawehi — type of coarse cloth
• Navajo: níbaal — type of coarse cloth
• Norwegian Bokmål: lerret — type of coarse cloth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lerret — type of coarse cloth
• Polish: płótno — type of coarse cloth
• Portuguese: lona — type of coarse cloth
• Romanian: canava — type of coarse cloth
• Russian: холст (xolst) — type of coarse cloth
• Russian: паруси́на (parusína) — type of coarse cloth
• Russian: брезе́нт (brezént) — type of coarse cloth
• Slovene: platno — type of coarse cloth
• Lower Sorbian: płotno — type of coarse cloth
• Spanish: lona — type of coarse cloth
• Swedish: segel — type of coarse cloth
• Tagalog: lona — type of coarse cloth
• Thai: ผ้าใบ (pâa-bai) — type of coarse cloth
• Afrikaans: skilderdoek — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Armenian: կտավ (ktav) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Belarusian: палатно́ (palatnó) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Bulgarian: платно́ за рису́ване (platnó za risúvane) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Bulgarian: платно́ (platnó) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Catalan: llenç — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Catalan: tela — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Catalan: canemàs — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Chinese Mandarin: 畫布 /画布 (huàbù) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Czech: plátno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Danish: lærred — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Dutch: canvas — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Dutch: doek — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Dutch: linnen — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Dutch: schilderslinnen — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Esperanto: tolo — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Finnish: kanvaasi — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• French: toile — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• French: canevas — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Galician: lenzo — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Galician: gondel — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• German: Leinwand — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Greek: καμβάς (kamvás) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Greek: μουσαμάς (mousamás) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Hungarian: vászon — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Italian: tela — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Japanese: 画布 (gafu) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Japanese: キャンバス (kyanbasu) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Japanese: カンバス (kanbasu) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Korean: 캔버스 (kaenbeoseu) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Korean: 화폭 (hwapok) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Macedonian: платно (platno) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Norwegian Bokmål: lerret — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lerret — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Polish: płótno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Portuguese: tela — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Romanian: pânză — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Russian: холст (xolst) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Russian: полотно́ (polotnó) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Serbo-Croatian: платно — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Serbo-Croatian: platno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Slovak: plátno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Slovene: platno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Lower Sorbian: płotno — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Spanish: lienzo — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Spanish: tela — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Spanish: brabante — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Swedish: segelduk — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Thai: แคนวาส (kɛɛn-wáat) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Turkish: kanvas — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Turkish: tuval — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• Ukrainian: полотно́ (polotnó) — piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint
• French: toiler — to cover (an area or object) with canvas
• French: entoiler — to cover (an area or object) with canvas
• Galician: toldar — to cover (an area or object) with canvas
• Italian: intelare — to cover (an area or object) with canvas