English [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle English canevas, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compare Old French chanevas, chenevas) from a root derived from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare French canevas, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French. Doublet of cannabis and hemp.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

canvas (plural canvasses or canvases) (see usage notes)

Usage notes [ edit ]

The plural canvases is used primarily in the US, while the plural canvasses is used in the UK and most UK-influenced areas.

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

a type of coarse cloth Arabic: please add this translation if you can

Armenian: կտավ (hy) ( ktav ) , քաթան (hy) ( kʿatʿan ) , պարուսին (hy) ( parusin )

, , Bulgarian: платнище n ( platnište ) , брезент m ( brezent )

, Catalan: lona (ca) f , canemàs m

, Chinese: Cantonese: 帆布 ( faan 4 bou 3 ) Mandarin: 帆布 (zh) ( fānbù )

Czech: plátno (cs) n

Danish: lærred n , sejldug c

, Dutch: canvas (nl) n

Esperanto: kanvaso

Finnish: purjekangas (fi)

French: toile (fr) f

Friulian: tele f

Galician: cotonía f , treu m

, Georgian: please add this translation if you can

German: Leinen (de) n , Segeltuch (de) n ; ( specialist also ) Canvas m

, ; Greek: καραβόπανο (el) n ( karavópano ) , λινάτσα (el) f ( linátsa ) , καναβάτσο (el) n ( kanavátso )

, , Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

Hungarian: kanavász vitorlavászon (hu)

Irish: anairt f , canbhás m

, Italian: canovaccio (it) tela (it) Japanese: 帆布 ( はんぷ, hanpu ) , キャンバス (ja) ( kyanbasu ) , ズック (ja) ( zukku )

, , Kazakh: кенеп ( kenep )

Korean: 타프 (ko) ( tapeu ) , 범포 ( beompo )

, Lithuanian: drobė f

Malay: kanvas

Maori: kānawehi

Mongolian: please add this translation if you can

Navajo: níbaal

Norwegian: Bokmål: lerret n Nynorsk: lerret n

Polish: płótno (pl) n

Portuguese: lona (pt) f

Romanian: canava (ro) f

Russian: холст (ru) m ( xolst ) , паруси́на (ru) f ( parusína ) , ( tarpaulin ) брезе́нт (ru) m ( brezént )

, , Slovene: platno (sl) n

Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: płotno n

Spanish: lona (es) f

Tagalog: lona

Thai: ผ้าใบ (th) ( pâa-bai )

Verb [ edit ]

canvas (third-person singular simple present canvases, present participle canvasing, simple past and past participle canvased)

To cover an area or object with canvas. canvass Alternative spelling of

Translations [ edit ]

To cover an area or object with canvas French: toiler (fr) entoiler (fr)

Galician: toldar Italian: intelare

Dutch [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Middle Dutch canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). The spelling was lated influenced by English canvas.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈkɑn.vɑs/

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Hyphenation: can‧vas

Noun [ edit ]

canvas n (plural canvassen)

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