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Caen

Caen

See also: caen

English

Proper noun

Caen

  1. A city in the Calvados département of Basse-Normandie, France

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French

Etymology

Likely from Gaulish *catu-, a word used to describe military activity, + *magos (field).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Caen

  1. Caen

Derived terms

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References

  1. René Lepelley, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de communes de Normandie, P.U.C., Corlet, Caen, Condé-sur-Noireau, 1996)

Spanish

Proper noun

Caen ?

  1. Caen

caen

caen

See also: Caen

Spanish

Verb

caen

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of caer.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present indicative form of caer.

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • caem (literary; first-person plural)
  • caent (literary; third-person plural)
  • celen (colloquial; South Wales)

Pronunciation

Verb

caen

  1. (colloquial) first-person plural conditional of cael
  2. (colloquial) third-person plural conditional of cael

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caen gaen nghaen chaen
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.