kanon

From Ancient Greek κᾰνών (kănṓn, “straight rod, bar”). Doublet of cannon, canon, and canyon.

kanon (plural kanons)

1. (music) Synonym of monochord (used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music)

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

From Armenian քանոն (kʻanon).

kanon (plural kanons)

1. (music) Synonym of qanun (used mainly in reference to Armenian music)

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

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• Rhymes: -oːˀn

Borrowed from Old French canon, from Italian cannone.

kanon c (singular definite kanonen, plural indefinite kanoner)

1. cannon (weapon)
2. a famous or highly influential person

From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)).

kanon c (singular definite kanonen, plural indefinite kanoner)

1. canon (group of literary works)

kanon (neuter kanont, plural and definite singular attributive kanone)

1. (informal) super, excellent, fantastic

   Coordinate terms: super, fantastisk, fed

kanon

1. enormously, a lot

   Synonyms: kolossal, enorm

• “kanon” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle French canon, from Italian cannone.

• IPA^(key): /kaːˈnɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧non
• Rhymes: -ɔn

kanon n (plural kanonnen or kanons, diminutive kanonnetje n)

1. cannon (weapon)

• Afrikaans: kanon
• → Indonesian: kanon
• → Japanese: カノン
• → Sranan Tongo: kanu, kanun, kanon
  • → Saramaccan: kanú
• → West Frisian: kanon

kanon

1. accusative singular of kano

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkanon/ [ˈka.nɔn]
• Rhymes: -anon
• Syllabification: ka‧non

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn). Doublet of kanun and qanun.

• For sense of land lease tax, via Arabic قَانُون (qānūn, “tax, law”).
• For sense in music and Christianity, via Dutch canon, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn.

kanon (plural kanon-kanon)

1. tax for inherited land lease
2. canon:
   1. (music) a piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round
   2. (Christianity) religious law
   3. (Christianity, literature) the works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic

From Dutch kanon, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of kanal.

kanon (plural kanon-kanon)

1. cannon: a weapon

• “kanon” 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.

kanon

1. alternative form of canoun (“authoritative law”)

kanon

1. alternative form of canon (“cannon”)

Borrowed from Old French canon, from Italian cannone.

kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanoner, definite plural kanonene)

1. (weaponry) cannon

• kanonkule
• vannkanon

From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)).

kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanoner, definite plural kanonene)

1. (literature) canon (group of literary works)
2. (biblical) canon
3. (music) canon
4. (religion) canon (decree or law)

• “kanon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnuːn/

Borrowed from Old French canon, from Italian cannone.

kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanonar, definite plural kanonane)

1. (weaponry) cannon

• kanonkule

From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)).

kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanonar, definite plural kanonane)

1. (literature) canon (group of literary works)
2. (biblical) canon
3. (music) canon
4. (religion) canon (decree or law)

Borrowed from Swedish kanon (attested in Swedish at least since early 1930-s).

kanon

1. awesome, perfect, good job

   – No har me vore på besøk åt ho mormor og hjelpt ho med å få inn oppvaskmaskina.
   – Kanon!

   – Now we have visited the grandmother and helped her to get the dishwasher inside (the house).
   – Good job!

• “kanon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Learned borrowing from Latin canōn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.nɔn/

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• Rhymes: -anɔn
• Syllabification: ka‧non

kanon m inan (related adjective kanonowy)

1. canon, rule (generally accepted principle)
2. (literature) canon (group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field)
3. (literature) canon (works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic)
4. (law, religion) canon (religious law or body of law decreed by the church)
5. (music) canon, round (piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times)
6. (printing) canon (large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point)
7. (biblical, Christianity, Judaism) biblical canon (set of texts (also called "books") which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible)
8. (Roman Catholicism) Canon of the Mass (oldest anaphora used in the Roman rite of Mass)

• kanon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kanon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kanon in PWN's encyclopedia

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• Audio; “en kanon”:

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kanon c

1. cannon, gun; a weapon (inf. 1)
2. (music) canon
3. (literature) canon

• (cannon): kanoneld, kanonkula, snökanon

kanon (comparative mer kanon, superlative mest kanon)

1. (colloquial) very good

kanon

1. super, great

   Synonym: kanoners

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