cannelle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cannelle

Noun

cannelle (uncountable)

1. (rare) cinnamon
   • 1938, Zora Hurston, Tell My Horse:

     The thing that the adepts seemed to enjoy most was the drink of Petro. That is a mixture of pig blood, fresh from the wound, white wine, red wine, a pinch of flour, cannelle and nutmeg. All of this is put in a bowl and whipped well.

   • 1979, Patrick Turnbull, Dordogne:

     Hypocras, a very sweet wine infused with cannelle.

French

Etymology

Diminutive of canne (“reed”); from Old French canele, kanele

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.nɛl/

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Noun

cannelle f (uncountable)

1. cinnamon (the spice)

Descendants

• → Albanian: kanellë
• → Danish: kanel
  • → Icelandic: kanill
• → Latvian: kanēlis

Adjective

cannelle (invariable)

1. cinnamon (in colour)

See also

• cannelier

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

cannelle f

1. plural of cannella

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

cannelle f (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) cinnamon