kanvas

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch canvas, from Middle Dutch canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of kanabis and kampas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanvas]
• Hyphenation: kan‧vas

Noun

kanvas

1. canvas, a piece of canvas cloth on which one may paint.

Further reading

• “kanvas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Kanevas, from French canevas, derived from Medieval Latin cannava (“hemp”). Doublet of kannabis.

Noun

kanvas m (definite singular kanvasen, indefinite plural kanvaser, definite plural kanvasene)

1. a canvas

Usage notes

• In addition to its masculine gender, this noun was also considered neuter prior to a 2019 revision. The forms kanvaset, kanvas (as indefinite plural) and kanvasa were all made non-standard by this change.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) kanevas m or n

Etymology

From German Kanevas, from French canevas, derived from Medieval Latin cannava (“hemp”). Doublet of kannabis.

Noun

kanvas m (definite singular kanvasen, indefinite plural kanvasar, definite plural kanvasane)

1. a canvas

Usage notes

• In addition to its masculine gender, this noun was also considered neuter prior to a 2019 revision. The forms kanvaset, kanvas (as indefinite plural) and kanvasa were all made non-standard by this change.

Turkish

Etymology

From French canevas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑn.vɑs/

Noun

kanvas (definite accusative kanvası, plural kanvaslar)

1. canvas

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kanvas
Definite accusative	kanvası
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kanvas	kanvaslar
Definite accusative	kanvası	kanvasları
Dative	kanvasa	kanvaslara
Locative	kanvasta	kanvaslarda
Ablative	kanvastan	kanvaslardan
Genitive	kanvasın	kanvasların