kanón
Czech
Etymology
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...
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- (military) a kind of cannon with a long strong barrel
- (colloquial, complimentary) a very competent person
Declension
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kanón | kanóny |
genitive | kanónu | kanónů |
dative | kanónu | kanónům |
accusative | kanón | kanóny |
vocative | kanóne | kanóny |
locative | kanónu | kanónech |
instrumental | kanónem | kanóny |
Alternative forms
- (gun): kanon
Synonyms
- (cannon): dělo
Related terms
- jít s kanónem na vrabce
- kanonáda
- kanonenfutr
- kanónový, kanonový
- kanonýr
References
- "kanon" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 288.
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