kanal

kanal (plural kanals)

1. A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre.

• Lanka, kalan, Aklan

kanal c (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalerne)

1. canal (artificial waterway)
2. duct (in the body etc.)
3. channel (radio / TV frequency)
4. channel (method of communication)
5. channel (narrow body of water)

   den Engelske Kanal - the English Channel

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kanal (genitive kanali, partitive kanali)

1. canal (artificial waterway or river used for travel, shipping or irrigation)
2. channel (water, method of communication, radio / TV frequency, etc.)

Declension of kanal (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kanal	kanalid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kanali
genitive			kanalide
partitive		kanali	kanale kanalisid
illative		kanali kanalisse	kanalidesse kanalesse
inessive		kanalis	kanalides kanales
elative		kanalist	kanalidest kanalest
allative		kanalile	kanalidele kanalele
adessive		kanalil	kanalidel kanalel
ablative		kanalilt	kanalidelt kanalelt
translative		kanaliks	kanalideks kanaleks
terminative		kanalini	kanalideni
essive		kanalina	kanalidena
abessive		kanalita	kanalideta
comitative		kanaliga	kanalidega

kanal

1. adessive singular of kana

• “kanal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• kanal in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Dutch kanaal, from Middle Dutch canael, from older canel, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na). Doublet of kanon.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanal]
• Hyphenation: ka‧nal

kanal

1. canal, an artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.

   Synonyms: terusan, saluran

2. channel, a specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement.

• “kanal” 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.

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanaler, definite plural kanalene)

1. channel (narrow body of water)
2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
3. channel (method of communication)

   diplomatiske kanaler - diplomatic channels

4. canal (artificial waterway)
5. duct (in the body; air duct, cable duct etc.)

• “kanal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

kanal m (definite singular kanalen, indefinite plural kanalar, definite plural kanalane)

1. channel (narrow body of water)
2. channel (radio / TV frequency)
3. channel (method of communication)

   diplomatiske kanalar - diplomatic channels

4. canal (as above)
5. duct (as above)

• Den engelske kanalen
• fjernsynskanal
• Kanaløyane
• nødkanal

• “kanal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /kǎnaːl/
• Hyphenation: ka‧nal

kànāl m (Cyrillic spelling ка̀на̄л)

1. canal
2. channel

Ultimately from Latin canālis (“pipe, channel, canal”)

• IPA^(key): /kanàːl/

kanál m inan

1. canal
2. channel

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kanál
gen. sing.	kanála
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kanál	kanála	kanáli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kanála	kanálov	kanálov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kanálu	kanáloma	kanálom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kanál	kanála	kanále
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kanálu	kanálih	kanálih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kanálom	kanáloma	kanáli

• “kanal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

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kanal c

1. a canal (man-made waterway)
2. a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))
3. (communication) a channel (for transmitting information, in technical and other senses)

   hålla diplomatiska kanaler öppna

   keep diplomatic channels open

   1. a (television, radio, YouTube, etc.) channel

      TV4 är en tv-kanal

      TV4 is a television channel

      Nisse, byt kanal på tv:n

      Nisse, change the channel on the television

      en YouTube-kanal

      a YouTube channel

• → Finnish: kanaali

• sund
• vik

• kanal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kanal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kanal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• alkan, lakan, nalka

Borrowed from Spanish canal (“canal”), from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”), from canna (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈnal/ [kɐˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ka‧nal

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

1. canal; ditch

kanál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈᜎ᜔)

1. (figurative, colloquial) vulgar; indecent

• “kanal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Lakan, lakan, kalan, Aklan

From Ottoman Turkish قنال (kanal), from French canal, from Latin canālis.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ.nɑɫ/

kanal (definite accusative kanalı, plural kanallar)

1. canal (waterway used for transportation of vessels)
2. channel; narrow body of water between two land masses, such as the English Channel
3. channel; a radio frequency or band of frequencies

Inflection
Nominative	kanal
Definite accusative	kanalı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kanal	kanallar
Definite accusative	kanalı	kanalları
Dative	kanala	kanallara
Locative	kanalda	kanallarda
Ablative	kanaldan	kanallardan
Genitive	kanalın	kanalların