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Webster 1913 Edition
Cancan
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Can′can
,Noun.
[F.]
A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.
Definition 2024
cancan
cancan
See also: can-can
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cancan (uncountable)
- A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.
- (motocross) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.
Translations
dance
Verb
cancan (third-person singular simple present cancans, present participle cancanning, simple past and past participle cancanned)
- To dance the cancan.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑnˌkɑn/, /ˈkɑŋkɑn/, /ˈkænˌkæn/
Noun
cancan
Declension
| Inflection of cancan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cancan | cancanit | |
| genitive | cancanin | cancanien | |
| partitive | cancania | cancaneja | |
| illative | cancaniin | cancaneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | cancan | cancanit | |
| accusative | nom. | cancan | cancanit |
| gen. | cancanin | ||
| genitive | cancanin | cancanien | |
| partitive | cancania | cancaneja | |
| inessive | cancanissa | cancaneissa | |
| elative | cancanista | cancaneista | |
| illative | cancaniin | cancaneihin | |
| adessive | cancanilla | cancaneilla | |
| ablative | cancanilta | cancaneilta | |
| allative | cancanille | cancaneille | |
| essive | cancanina | cancaneina | |
| translative | cancaniksi | cancaneiksi | |
| instructive | — | cancanein | |
| abessive | cancanitta | cancaneitta | |
| comitative | — | cancaneineen | |