Noun: canal
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | canal |
| Plural m | canais |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like canal
serval,
sobral,
fusível,
funchal,
funeral,
subtotal,
subnível,
bacanal,
bambual,
pantanal,
fatorial,
bissemanal,
eucaliptal,
amigável,
decimal,
bíceps braquial,
brandal,
monocristal,
carvalhal,
potencial, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese canal, from Latin canālis (“canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). This form may possibly be an early borrowing or semi-learned term; compare the fully inherited doublet cale, and related calha. See: Latin Nouns '
canālis', Ancient Greek Nouns '
κάννα'.
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