canaque

See also: Canaque

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nak/

Adjective

canaque (plural canaques)

1. Kanak

Descendants

• → English: Kanak

Further reading

• “canaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

From French canaque, from English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈna.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈna.kɨ/

Noun

canaque m or f by sense (plural canaques)

1. Kanak (native of New Caledonia)

Adjective

canaque m or f (plural canaques, not comparable)

1. of or related to the Kanak people

Related terms

• canaca