cancan

English

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Alternative forms

• can-can

Noun

cancan (uncountable)

1. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
2. (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.

Translations

dance

• Armenian: կանկան (hy) (kankan) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康康舞 (cmn) (kāngkāngwǔ)

• Finnish: cancan (fi)
• French: cancan (fr) m
• Georgian: კანკანი (ka) (k'ank'ani) 

• German: Cancan (de) m
• Hungarian: kánkán (hu)
• Japanese: カンカン (ja) (kankan), フレンチカンカン (ja) (kankandansu)
• Russian: канкан (ru) (kankán) m 
• Swedish: cancan (sv) c
• Turkish: kankan (tr)

Verb

cancan (third-person singular simple present cancans, present participle cancanning, simple past and past participle cancanned)

1. To dance the cancan.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑnˌkɑn/
• IPA: /ˈkɑŋkɑn/
• IPA: /ˈkænˌkæn/

Noun

cancan

1. cancan

Declension

Declension of cancan (type risti) singular plural nominative cancan cancanit genitive cancanin cancanien partitive cancania cancaneja accusative cancan cancanin cancanit inessive cancanissa cancaneissa elative cancanista cancaneista illative cancaniin cancaneihin adessive cancanilla cancaneilla ablative cancanilta cancaneilta allative cancanille cancaneille essive cancanina cancaneina translative cancaniksi cancaneiksi instructive – cancanein abessive cancanitta cancaneitta comitative – cancaneineen

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑ̃.kɑ̃/

Noun

cancan m (plural cancans)

1. gossip
2. cancan (dance)

Derived terms

• cancaner
• cancaneuse

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Swedish

Noun

cancan c

1. cancan

Declension

Declension of cancan

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	cancan	cancanen
genitive	cancans	cancanens