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See canoë Image:Muskoka canoe.jpg|thumb|right|People in a canoe.

English

Etymology

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, borrowed in turn by Columbus from w:Taino|Taino kanoa, "dugout canoe."

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
  2. An oversize, usually older, luxury car.


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|kano|m}}
  • Estonian:
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t-|fr|canoë|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Kanu|n}}
  • Hawaiian: waʻa
  • Hungarian: kenu
  • Italian: {{t+|it|canoa|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|カヌー|tr=kanū|sc=Jpan}}
  • Korean: 카누 (kanu)
  • Maori: {{t-|mi|waka|xs=Maori}}
  • Russian: каноэ (kanóe)
  • Samoan: vaʻa
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|canoa|f}}
  • Tahitian: vaʻa
  • Tongan: {{tø|to|vaka|xs=Tongan}}
  • Welsh: ceufad, canŵ

Verb

  1. To ride or paddle a canoe.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • German:

Derived terms


See also


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Italian

Noun

canoe


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Canoe \Ca*noe"\, n.; pl. Canoes. [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean
can['a]oa.]
1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree,
excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape.
It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by
sail, and has no rudder.
[1913 Webster]

Others devised the boat of one tree, called the
canoe. --Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]

2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.
[1913 Webster]

A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the
water. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]

3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one
who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It
it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a
temporary mast.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English canoe \ca*noe"\ (k[.a]*n[=oo]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed
(k[.a]*n[=oo]d") p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing
(k[.a]*n[=oo]"[i^]ng).]
To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet canoe
n : small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a
paddle
v : travel by canoe; "canoe along the canal"
Moby Dictionary
almadia , ark , auxiliary , barge , boat , buss , cargo boat , carry sail ,
cat , catamaran , circumnavigate , coast , cockle , cockleshell , cog ,
coracle , cross , cruise , cruiser , cutter , dinghy , dispatch boat ,
drifter , dugout , ferry , ferryboat , fishing boat , funny , galley ,
gig , glider , go by ship , go on shipboard , go to sea , gondola ,
houseboat , hoy , hydrofoil , hydroplane , jolly , jolly boat , kayak ,
launch , lifeboat , lighter , longboat , mailer , make a passage ,
motorboat , navigate , outboard , outrigger canoe , pilot , pilot boat ,
pinnace , piragua , pirogue , ply , pontoon , post boat , pram , punt ,
racer , racing shell , randan , row , rowboat , rowing boat , run ,
runabout , sail , sail round , sail the sea , sampan , scooter , scow ,
scull , seafare , shallop , shell , showboat , skiff , small boat ,
sneakbox , steam , steamboat , surfboat , take a voyage , towboat ,
traverse , trawlboat , trawler , trimaran , trow , tug , tugboat , voyage ,
wanigan , whale-gig , whaleboat , wherry , yacht , yawl , yawl boat


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