canel
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin canella; equivalent to cane + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkanəl(ə)/, /kaˈnɛːl(ə)/
Noun
canel (uncountable)
- cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
- (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.
Usage notes
This term referred to a lower quality of cinnamon, as opposed to synamome.
Descendants
- Scots: cannel
References
- “canē̆l (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.
Old French
Alternative forms
- caneil
- canal
Noun
canel m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)
- canal (artificial watercourse)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)
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