canaglia

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *canālia, from canis, corresponding to cane +‎ -aglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -aʎʎa
• Hyphenation: ca‧nà‧glia

Noun

canaglia f (plural canaglie)

1. scoundrel, rogue

   Synonym: birbante

2. (collective) canaille

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: karnallie
• → Dutch: kanalje
• → Finnish: kanalja
• → French: canaille
  • → English: canaille
  • → German: Canaille, Kanaille
• → Galician: canalla
• → Polish: kanalia
• → Portuguese: canalha
• → Romanian: canalie
• → Russian: кана́лья (kanálʹja)
• → Spanish: canalla
• → Swedish: kanalje

Further reading

• canaglia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana