Cane

  • 31CANE — s. f. La femelle du canard. Cane sauvage. Cane privée. Cane d Inde. Fam., Marcher comme une cane, se dit D une femme qui se balance en marchant, qui marche très mal. Fig. et fam., Cet homme a fait la cane, Il a marqué de la peur dans une occasion …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 32cane — cane1 [keın] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Old Provençal cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, from a Semitic language] 1.) [U] thin pieces of the stems of plants, used for making furniture and baskets ▪ a cane chair ▪ cane… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33cane — cane1 [ keın ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount the hard light stem of some plants, especially BAMBOO a ) uncount the stems of some plants dried and woven together to make furniture: cane chairs 2. ) count a long thin stick that someone uses to help… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34cane — /keɪn / (say kayn) noun 1. a long, hollow or pithy, jointed woody stem, as that of bamboo, rattan, sugar cane, certain palms, etc. 2. a plant having such a stem. 3. such stems as a material. 4. any of various tall, woody, bamboo like grasses. 5.… …

  • 35CANE — n. f. Femelle du canard. Cane sauvage. Cane privée. Cane d’Inde. Fam., Marcher comme une cane, Se balancer en marchant, marcher très mal …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 36Cane — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.  Pour les articles homophones, voir Canne, Cannes (homonymie), Kahn, Kann et Khan (homonymie). Cane peut désigner : Cane, la femelle du …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 37cane — n. walking stick 1) to carry; twirl a cane plant 2) sugar cane * * * [keɪn] twirl a cane [ plant ] sugar cane [ walking stick ] to carry …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 38cane —   1. See sugar cane.   2. Staff. Ko oko o, kōloa.   See kaniko o.    ♦ Head of cane, pōheoheo.    ♦ Cane with a handle, ko oko o āmana.    ♦ To lean on a cane, kālele …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 39Cane — This interesting name has two main sources of origin. Firstly, from the Olde French Cane , a reed and is either a nickname for a tall, thin reed like person, a topographical name for someone who lived in a damp area overgrown with reeds or a… …

    Surnames reference

  • 40CANE — I. CANE in tribu Manasse. Hieronym. in Loc. Hebr. II. CANE oppid. Arabiae Felicis in ora maris Arabici: iuxta Fartaque promontorium, ut manifeste ex antore peripli Erythraei colligi potest. Vide Vos. ad Melam. p. 288. vulgo Caxem. Thuriferae… …

    Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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