canel

See also: canêl, canél, and canël

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin cannella, a diminutive of canna; equivalent to cane +‎ -el (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanɛl(ə)/, /kaˈnɛːl(ə)/

Noun

canel (uncountable)

  1. cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
  2. (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.

Usage notes

This term often referred to a lower quality of cinnamon than synamome.

Descendants

  • Scots: cannel
  • → Irish: cainéal (“cinnamon”)

References

Norman

Etymology

From Old French chenel.

Pronunciation

Noun

canel m (plural caniaux)

  1. gutter

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canalis. Doublet of chanel.

Noun

canel oblique singular, m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)

  1. canal (artificial watercourse)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)
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