canoe

C1 Topic:Maritime & Sailing

US /kəˈnuː/ See IPA manual

Freq #12646

Meanings

1

noun
A long, narrow, open boat that is pointed at both ends and moved with paddles.

We paddled the canoe across the calm lake.
2

verb
To travel in a canoe.

They spent the afternoon canoeing down the river.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms canoedcanoeingcanoes

Derived forms canoeablecanoeingcanoeistcanoelikecanoeloadcanoemancanoercanoewooddouche-canoeparacanoeskanoeskinoe

Related forms kayak

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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outrigger canoe
a canoe with a projecting float that helps prevent it from overturning

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Paddle your own canoe

Etymology

Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

canoa Spanish *kanowa tnq *kanawa awd-pro

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Topics

Maritime & Sailing Transportation

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# canoe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /kəˈnuː/
**Frequency rank:** 12646

## Meanings
1. A long, narrow, open boat that is pointed at both ends and moved with paddles.
2. To travel in a canoe.

## Examples
- We paddled the canoe across the calm lake.
- They spent the afternoon canoeing down the river.

## Derived Forms
- canoeable
- canoeing
- canoeist
- canoelike
- canoeload
- canoeman
- canoer
- canoewood
- douche-canoe
- paracanoe
- skanoe
- skinoe

## Related Forms
- kayak

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: canoa
- Root: *kanowa
- Root: *kanawa

## Etymology
Adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa.

## AI Etymology
Canoe is traced through adopted in 16th century from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa (“dugout canoe”) (compare Lokono kanoa (“canoe”), Wayuu anuwa, anua (“boat, canoe”)), from Proto-Arawak *kanawa. In present-day use, it can mean a long, narrow, open boat that is pointed at both ends and moved with paddles, or to travel in a canoe. Derived formations include canoeable, canoeing, canoeist, canoelike, and canoeload.

## Topics
- Maritime & Sailing
- Transportation

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