Meaning

3 senses
  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.

    Kanu, Kanadier

    кано́эkanóe, байда́ркаbajdárka

    кано́еkanóe

    small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

  2. (slang)An oversize, usually older, luxury car.

  3. Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

Examples

146 sentences
  1. We rented a canoe.

    Ми винайняли каное.

    ruМы взяли напрокат каноэ.

    deWir haben uns ein Kanu gemietet.

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  2. We cut down the largest tree we could find so we could make a canoe.

    Ми зрубали найближче дерево, яке ми знайшли, щоб зробити каноє.

    deWir fällten den größten Baum, den wir finden konnten; denn wir wollten ein Kanu bauen.

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  3. Maybe I shouldn't sell my canoe.

    deVielleicht sollte ich mein Kanu nicht verkaufen.

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  4. I want to buy a canoe.

    ruЯ хочу купить каноэ.

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  5. You should've gone canoeing with Tom.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small long and narrow boat:
Русский
By meaning 1
small long and narrow boat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small long and narrow boat:

Origin

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare L

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

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Forms

plural: canoes
Singularcanoe
Pluralcanoes

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcanoeist

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
canoe — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto