kanón
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kanon"
Czech
FWOTD – 22 April 2021
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kanone, from Italian cannone, from canna (“tube”), from Latin canna (“reed, cane”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkanoːn]
- Hyphenation: ka‧nón
Noun
kanón m inan
- (colloquial) cannon [since 19th c.]
- 1937, Karel Čapek, “Akt druhý - Obraz druhý”, in Bílá nemoc:
- Poslyšte, kdybyste vy řekl baronu Krügovi,… aby přestal vyrábět kanóny a munici…
- Listen, if you told baron Krüg,... to stop producing cannons and ammunition...
- (military) a kind of cannon with a long strong barrel
- (colloquial, complimentary) a very competent person
Declension
Alternative forms
- kanon (gun)
Synonyms
- (cannon): dělo
Related terms
- jít s kanónem na vrabce
- kanonáda
- kanonenfutr
- kanonový
- kanonýr
- kanónový
References
- Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “kanon”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 288
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