canal

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see also: Canal

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canal, from Old French canal, from Latin canālis, from canālis ("canal"), from canna ("reed, cane"), from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəˈnæl/
• (Canada) IPA: /kəˈnæl/, /kəˈnɛl/

Noun

canal (plural canals)

1. An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation.
2. (anatomy) A tubular channel within the body.
3. (astronomy) One of the faint, hazy markings resembling straight lines on early telescopic images of the surface of Mars; see Martian canals

Related terms

• channel
• channelization
• channelize
• canalization

Translations

• French: canal
• German: Kanal
• Italian: canale
• Portuguese: canal
• Russian: кана́л
• Spanish: canal

Translations

• French: canal
• German: Kanal, Gang
• Spanish: canal

Verb

canal (canals, present participle canaling; simple past and past participle canaled)

1. To dig an artificial waterway in or to (a place), especially for drainage
2. To travel along a canal by boat

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Canal

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Proper noun

1. Surname.

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