English

Proper noun

Kan ‎(uncountable)

1. A surname​, from Japanese.

Derived terms

• Kan complex
• Kan extension
• Kan fibration

Translations

Anagrams

• NAK, nka

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German channa, from Proto-Germanic *kannǭ. Cognate with German Kanne, Dutch kan, English can, Icelandic kanna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːn/

Noun

Kan f ‎(plural Kanen)

1. can
2. pot
3. jug
4. churn

English

Noun

kan ‎(plural kans)

1. Archaic form of khan.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kan.

Verb

kan ‎(present kan, past kon)

1. can

Breton

Noun

kan m

1. song

Chuukese

Determiner

kan

1. (possessive subject marker) these

Related terms

• ekkan

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn
• IPA^(key): /kɑn/

Noun

kan c ‎(plural kannen, diminutive kannetje n)

1. jug
2. pot (tea, coffee)
3. can (cylindrical vessel)

Verb

kan

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kunnen
2. imperative of kunnen
3. (archaic) plural imperative of kunnen

Synonyms

• (2) **** - more formal

Gagauz

Noun

kan ‎(definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

1. blood

German

Verb

kan

1. Obsolete spelling of kann

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

Synonyms

• kilè

Hungarian

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒn]

Noun

kan ‎(plural kanok)

1. male (of dogs)
2. boar

Declension

Antonyms

• (dog): szuka

Derived terms

• kanász
• vadkan

Japanese

Romanization

kan

1. rōmaji reading of かん
2. rōmaji reading of カン

Kera

Noun

kan

1. water

References

• Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] […]

Lojban

Rafsi

kan

1. rafsi of kansa.

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of bukan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan/
• Rhymes: -kan, -an

Adverb

kan

1. isn't it?

Mandarin

Romanization

kan

1. Nonstandard spelling of kān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of kǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French quand.

Adverb

kan

1. when

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunne
2. can; may; be able to
3. kan ikke - cannot, can't

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna/kunne

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit कर्ण ‎(kárṇa, “ear”). Cognate with Hindi कान ‎(kān) and Punjabi ਕੰਨ ‎(kann, “ear”).

Noun

kan m ‎(plural kan)

1. ear

Seimat

Noun

kan

1. water; fresh water

References

• Beata Wozna, Theresa Wilson, Seimat Grammar Essentials (2005)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːn/
• Rhymes: -âːn

Noun

kȃn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̑н)

1. khan

Declension

Somali

Determiner

kan

1. this (masculine)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanː/

Verb

kan

1. present tense of kunna

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kan (“blood”), from Proto-Turkic *kān, *Kiān ‎(“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn/

Noun

kan ‎(definite accusative kanı, plural kanlar)

1. blood
2. linage

Derived terms