canet

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈnɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈnət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈnet]

From ca +‎ -et. In the sense of "five-cent coin", from the resemblance of the device of a lion to a dog. (Compare Castilian perra chica.) The card game takes its name from the coin.

canet m (plural canets)

1. diminutive of ca (“dog”)
2. (obsolete) a five-cent coin
3. a betting card game

Borrowed from French canette, with a change of gender.

canet m (plural canets)

1. a mug for beer with a capacity of one liter
2. a round earthenware jug for liquor, especially gin

• “canet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

canet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of canō

• canit (literary)
• canset (colloquial)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanɛt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːnɛt/, /ˈkanɛt/

canet

1. second-person singular conditional colloquial of canu