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cancaner

  • \kɑ̃.ka.ne\
  • [kɑ̃kane] France (Lyon)
  • [kɑ̃kane] Vosges (France)
  • [kɑ̃kane] Somain (France)

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Dénominal de cancan.

verb cancaner · avoir cancané · en cancanant · en ayant cancané · cancanant · cancané

  1. Crier, en parlant d’un canard. Les canards cancanent.
  2. familiar Faire des cancans ; papoter, bavarder, potiner. Certainement, je ne veux pas cancaner sur le compte de ma tante ; mais il rôdait toujours un tas de garçons autour d’elle.

In English

  • quack to make a noise like a duck

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MLA

"cancaner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/cancaner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cancaner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cancaner

Chicago

"cancaner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cancaner.

BibTeX
@misc{cancaner_2026,
  title = {cancaner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/cancaner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}