canon
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowing from Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)). See also cane.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
canon (plural canons)
- A generally accepted principle; a rule.
- The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.
- Shakespeare
- Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.
- A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
- (Can we date this quote?) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron
- The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.
- the entire Shakespeare canon
- A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
- A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.
- We must proceed according to canon law.
- A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
- In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
- A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
- A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.
- Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.
- (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are generally considered authoritative regarding a given fictional universe.
- A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.
- 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
- Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax.
- (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat.
- a canon of beef or lamb
- (printing, dated) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
- The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (billiards) A carom.
SynonymsEdit
- (48-point type): French canon
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
canon (plural canons)
- Alternative spelling of qanun
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).
NounEdit
canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)
- canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
canon m (plural canons)
- cannon, (big) gun
- barrel (of firearm)
- cannon for a horse.
- (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French canon, a borrowing from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).
NounEdit
canon m (plural canons)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
canon m (plural canons)
Further readingEdit
- “canon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
canōn m (genitive canōnis); third declension
- a measuring line
- (figuratively) precept, rule, canon
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) catalog of sacred writings
- (Later Latin) a cannon (artillery)
- a yearly tribute paid to the emperor
InflectionEdit
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | canōn | canōnēs |
| genitive | canōnis | canōnum |
| dative | canōnī | canōnibus |
| accusative | canōnem | canōnēs |
| ablative | canōne | canōnibus |
| vocative | canōn | canōnēs |
SynonymsEdit
- (precept, rule): nōrma, praeceptum, rēgula
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- du Cange, Charles (1883), “canon”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
- “canon” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
- canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
NormanEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
NounEdit
canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowing from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).
DescendantsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Greek κανών (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.
NounEdit
canon n (plural canoane)
- canon
- (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
- punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) canon | canonul | (niște) canoane | canoanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) canon | canonului | (unor) canoane | canoanelor |
| vocative | canonule | canoanelor | ||
Derived termsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin canōn[1], from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare κάννα (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
canon m (plural cánones)
- canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “canon” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
ReferencesEdit
WelshEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɔn/
VerbEdit
canon
- (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
- (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| canon | ganon | nghanon | chanon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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