Wiktionary

Caen

See also: caen

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French Caen, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kɑn/, /kɑ̃/, /kɒ̃/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Proper noun edit

Caen

  1. A city in the Calvados department, Normandy, France.

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

French edit

 
French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely inherited from Latin *Catumagus, from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity (see Proto-Celtic *katus), + *magos (“field”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Caen ?

  1. Caen (a city and commune, the prefecture of the department of Calvados, France)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)

Anagrams edit

Spanish edit

Proper noun edit

Caen ?

  1. Caen
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Caen&oldid=78563457"