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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה‎ (qaneh, “reed”)).

Pronunciation

1. IPA(key): /ˈkaː.nɔn/ 2. Hyphenation: ca‧non

Noun

canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n) 1. canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works) 1.1. (chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible) 2. (Christianity) canon (religious law) 3. (music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices) 4. (Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers) 5. (da...

Pronunciation

1. IPA(key): /ka.nɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Etymology 2

From Old French canon, borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”). The 'attractive person' sense comes from an ellipsis of canon de beauté.

Pronunciation

1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.noːn/ 2. (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.non/, [ˈkaː.nɔn]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה‎ (qaneh, “reed”)).

Etymology 2

From canna (“pipe”), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.

Etymology

From Old French canon.

Noun

canon m (plural canons) 1. cannon

Etymology 1

canne +‎ -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Noun

canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon) 1. tube 2. cannon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”). 1. canon

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κανών (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slaviclanguage intermediate.

Noun

canon n (plural canoane) 1. canon 2. (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept 3. punishment or penancefor breaking such a religious rule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare κάννα (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

1. IPA(key): /ˈkanon/, [ˈkanõn]

Noun

canon m (plural cánones) 1. canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece) 2. tax, fee

Alternative forms

1. canasom (literary, first-person plural) 2. canasant (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

1. (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkanɔn/ 2. (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaːnɔn/, /ˈkanɔn/

Verb

canon 1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu 2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu