Romagnol edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cân m (plural chén) (Ville Unite)

  1. dog

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (catty).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cân

  1. (colloquial, dated) kilogram
    cân nặngweight
    nặng cânheavy; formidable

Synonyms edit

Noun edit

(classifier cái, chiếc, cán) cân

  1. a weighing instrument; a balance, scale, etc.
    cán cân công líthe scales of justice

Verb edit

cân

  1. to weigh
    cân đo đong đếmto weigh, measure, put in measuring cups, count; to perform exhaustive measurement
    cân nhắcto weigh one's options

Adjective edit

cân

  1. in some kind of balance or equilibrium
    tam giác cânan isosceles triangle
    cân đốiin shape and healthy

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal of canu (sing)

Noun edit

cân f (plural caneuon)

  1. song
Related terms edit

Verb edit

cân

  1. (literary) inflection of canu:
    1. third-person singular present indicative/future
    2. second-person singular imperative
Alternative forms edit
  • cana (literary third-person singular present/future, second-person singular imperative)
  • caniff (colloquial third-person singular present/future)
  • canith (colloquial third-person singular present/future)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

cân

  1. third-person plural present indicative/future colloquial of cael
Alternative forms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cân gân nghân chân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.