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can¹
- /kæn/ US, UK
- [kʰæn] US, UK
- /kan/ British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
- [kʰan] British, Northern England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales
- /kæːn/ Australia
- [kʰæːn] Australia
- /kɛn/ New Zealand
- [kʰɛn] New Zealand
- /kæn/ Canada, US
- [kʰeə̯n] Canada, US
- [kʰɛə̯n] Canada, US
- /keːn/ Australia
- [kʰeːn] Australia
- /kɛn/
- [kʰɛn]
- /kən/
- [kʰən] ~ [kʰn̩]
Rhymes with -æn (strong form)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti
Proto-Germanic *kunnaną
Proto-West Germanic *kunnan
Old English cunnan
Middle English can
English can
From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
verb can · able · could · couth · -
- To know how to. She can speak English, French, and German.
- To be able to. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
- May; to be permitted or enabled to. You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework.
- To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to. Can it be Friday already?
- Used to form requests, typically polite. Can you please come over here?
- To know. ca.1360-1387, William Langland, Piers Plowman I can rimes of Robin Hood.
- To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can Importance of Identifying Leaf: Identify Plants: If we can able to identify leaf, we can easily able to identify plants.
- To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context. Can anot?
- To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter. Can liao, don’t need to use so much glue.
interjection canne · kin · c'
- OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
- Used to convey reassurance.
particle canne · kin · c'
- OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment. I cut this wire, can?
can²
- /ˈkæn/ US, UK
- /ˈkan/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈkaːn/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈkæːn/ Australia
- [ˈkeːn]
- [ˈkeən]
Rhymes with -æn
Where it comes from
From Middle English canne, from Old English canne (“glass, container, cup, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ (“can, tankard, mug, cup”).
noun cans
- A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal. I keep a can of fuel for emergencies.
- A sealed metal container, cylindrical or cuboid in form, typically used to store preserved foods. Soup in a can lasts for years.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A chamber pot.
- a toilet or lavatory. Shit or get off the can.
- Buttocks.
- The breasts of a woman.
- Jail or prison. Bob’s in the can. He won’t be back for a few years.
- Headphones.
- A drinking cup. VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande.
- A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- A chimney pot.
- An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana. […] prosecution for selling and giving away marijuana, the evidence clearly constituted substantial proof that a package purchased by defendant contained marijuana where he requested "four cans" of marijuana to be delivered to himself and […]
- A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.
verb cans · canning · canned · can
- To seal in a can. They canned air to sell as a novelty to tourists.
- To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can. They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
- To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
- To shut up. Can your gob.
- To fire or dismiss an employee. The boss canned him for speaking out.
- To hole the ball. I thought I had canned it, but it just missed, and I tapped in the second one for a par.
- To cover (the fuel element in a nuclear reactor) with a protective cover.
Can³
proper noun
- A river in Essex, England, which joins the River Chelmer in Chelmsford; in full, the River Can.
Can⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese Cần.
proper noun
- A unisex given name from Vietnamese. Police say Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, on Saturday night, before fatally shooting himself after a manhunt across the region on Sunday.
Can⁵
proper noun
- Alternative spelling of Can.Can.
CAN⁶
Where it comes from
Abbreviation
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Controller Area Network, ISO standards 11898, 11898-1, 11898-2, and its predecessor standards.Controller Area Network
noun CANs
- ceric ammonium nitrate
- Abbreviation of controller area network.controller area network
- Initialism of campus area network.campus area network
- Acronym of community action network.community action network
- Initialism of consistent and asymptotically normal, a statistic estimator Tₙ(X₁, X₂, ..., Xₙ) is CAN (consistent and asymptotically normal) if ....consistent and asymptotically normal
- Acronym of court attendance notice.court attendance notice
CAN⁷
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish CAN.
proper noun
- The Andean Community of Nations.