Talk:cane

This entry is on the Italian 'cane' - dog. What about the English definitions? Sugar cane... a rod or stick, and the cane you walk with? Do these share the same entry? Do they go before the Italian or after it? Or what? KJ 03:04 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)

They should certainly be on the same page/entry. I would put them before the Italian entry.

134.58.253.130 05:52 Apr 3, 2003 (UTC)


 * I've moved the following out of the Italian entry as it belongs in the Italian Wiktionary (with some reformatting), when it is set up, not in the English one. -- Paul G 10:56, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Etymology
Latin canis < IE *kwon- (same origin as English hound).

Noun

 * 1) (animal). dog.
 * 2) (disp.) rotten actor.
 * 3) (gun). cock, hammer.
 * 4) (mech.) catch.

Derived expressions

 * sembrare un cane bastonato, to have a hangdog look.
 * cane sciolto, maverick.
 * tempo da cani, foul weather.
 * menare il can per l'aia, to beat about the bush.
 * non c'è un cane, there isn't a soul.

Translations

 * Arabic: كلب m.
 * Chinese: 狗 (1)
 * Dutch: hond m;hondenweer n
 * Esperanto: hundo (1, 2), ĉano (3).
 * French: chien m (1, 3).
 * German: Hund m (1), gottserbärmlich spielender Darsteller m (2), Schlagbolzen m (3).
 * Hebrew: כלב m (1), ברז m (3).
 * Interlingua: can (1, 3).
 * Portuguese: cão m (1, 3), cachorro m (1).
 * Spanish: perro m (1).