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cano

Pronunciation: [ˈka.noː]

“cano” is a Latin word. Its 10 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to sing, recite, play
  2. to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call
  3. to foretell, predict, prophesy
  4. to celebrate Mass
  5. to pretend (that)
  6. to sing, make music
  7. to chant
  8. to hoot
  9. to sound, resound, play
  10. to sound, play

In Latin

  1. Modulatum sonum edere
  2. narrare aliquid versibus, pro laudare, praedicare, celebrare carminibus

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kanō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂n-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Compare carmen (“song”) (< *kanmen). Cognates include Old Irish canaid, Welsh canu, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “cock”), Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō, “ring, clash, clang”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”), каню́чить (kanjúčitʹ), English hen.

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