kanal

kanal (plural kanals)

1. A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre.

• Lanka, kalan, Aklan

From Latin canalis

kanal c (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalerne)

1. canal (artificial waterway)
2. duct (in the body etc.)
3. channel (radio / TV frequency)
4. channel (method of communication)
5. channel (narrow body of water)

   den Engelske Kanal - the English Channel

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kanal (genitive kanali, partitive kanali)

1. canal (artificial waterway or river used for travel, shipping or irrigation)
2. channel (water, method of communication, radio / TV frequency, etc.)

kanal

1. adessive singular of kana

• “kanal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• kanal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Dutch kanaal, from Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of kanon.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanal/ [ˈka.nal]
• Rhymes: -anal
• Syllabification: ka‧nal

kanal (plural kanal-kanal)

1. canal (an artificial waterway or artificially improved river)

   Synonyms: terusan, saluran

2. (broadcasting) channel (a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)

   Synonym: saluran

• “kanal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalene)

1. channel (narrow body of water)
2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
3. channel (method of communication)

   diplomatiske kanaler - diplomatic channels

4. canal (artificial waterway)
5. duct (in the body; air duct, cable duct etc.)

• “kanal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanalar, definite plural kanalane)

1. channel (narrow body of water)
2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
3. channel (method of communication)

   diplomatiske kanalar - diplomatic channels

4. canal (as above)
5. duct (as above)

• Den engelske kanalen
• fjernsynskanal
• Kanaløyane
• nødkanal

• “kanal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kǎnaːl/
• Hyphenation: ka‧nal

kànāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на̄л)

1. canal
2. channel

Ultimately from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”)

• IPA^(key): /kanàːl/

kanál m inan

1. canal
2. channel

• “kanal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

From Latin canalis

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kanal c

1. a canal (man-made waterway)
2. a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))
3. (communication) a channel (for transmitting information, in technical and other senses)

   hålla diplomatiska kanaler öppna

   keep diplomatic channels open

   1. a (television, radio, YouTube, etc.) channel

      TV4 är en tv-kanal

      TV4 is a television channel

      Nisse, byt kanal på tv:n

      Nisse, change the channel on the television

      en YouTube-kanal

      a YouTube channel

• → Finnish: kanaali

• sund
• vik

• kanal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kanal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kanal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• alkan, lakan, nalka

Borrowed from Spanish canal (“canal”), from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈnal/ [kɐˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ka‧nal

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

1. canal; ditch

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

1. (figurative, colloquial) vulgar; indecent

• “kanal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Lakan, lakan, kalan, Aklan

From Ottoman Turkish قنال (kanal), borrowed from French canal, derived from Latin canālis, from canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.nɑɫ/

kanal (definite accusative kanalı, plural kanallar)

1. canal (waterway used for transportation of vessels)
2. channel; narrow body of water between two land masses, such as the English Channel
3. channel; a radio frequency or band of frequencies