canary

Etymology
From, from , from the ; from the largest island , named for its dogs, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A small, usually yellow, finch (genus ), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
 * 2) Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
 * 3)  A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
 * 4)  An informer or snitch; a squealer.
 * 5) A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
 * 6)  A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
 * 7)  A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
 * 8) Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
 * 9)  A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
 * 10)  A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
 * 11)  A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
 * 12) A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
 * 13)  A sovereign coin.
 * 1)  A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
 * 2)  A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
 * 3) A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
 * 4)  A sovereign coin.
 * 1) A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
 * 2)  A sovereign coin.
 * 1)  A sovereign coin.
 * 1)  A sovereign coin.
 * 1)  A sovereign coin.

Derived terms

 * canary bird
 * canary creeper
 * canary fit
 * canary-flycatcher (in genus )
 * canary grass
 * canarypox
 * canary yellow
 * canarylike
 * canarywood
 * ( spp.)
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * canary grass
 * canarypox
 * canary yellow
 * canarylike
 * canarywood
 * ( spp.)
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * canary yellow
 * canarylike
 * canarywood
 * ( spp.)
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * ( spp.)
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * ( spp.)
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * Missouri canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary
 * Rocky Mountain canary
 * sea canary
 * sing like a canary

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kanarie
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: sarı bülbül
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ; canarí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, kanárek
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: kanario
 * Faroese: kanarjufuglur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gallurese: canariu
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: כנרית
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: canario,
 * Japanese:, , 金糸雀
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: сарижымчыкъ
 * Latin: canaria fringilla
 * Lithuanian: kanarėlė
 * Low German: Kanaarnvagel, Kanaarjenvagel, Kanaljenvagel
 * Luxembourgish: Kanarievillchen
 * Macedonian: канари́нец
 * Norman: canârien
 * Norwegian: kanarifugl
 * Papiamentu: kanari
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: canariu
 * Logudorese: canarinu
 * Sassarese: canariu
 * Scottish Gaelic: canèiridh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: канаринац
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: kanárik
 * Slovene: kanarček
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: kanari
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kanaryo
 * Thai: นกคีรีบูน
 * Turkish: ,
 * Venetian: canarìn
 * Vietnamese: chim tước, chim bạch yến
 * Volapük:
 * West Frisian: kanarje
 * Yiddish: קאַנאַריק


 * Afrikaans: kanariegeel, kanariekleur
 * Czech: kanárkově žlutá
 * Danish: kanariegul
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kanariankeltainen
 * French: jaune canari
 * Gallurese: canariu
 * German: Kanariengelb
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: giallo canarino
 * Japanese: カナリア色, 金糸雀色
 * Norwegian: kanarigul
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: amarelo-canário
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: canariu
 * Logudorese: canarinu, canarinu
 * Sassarese: canariu
 * Slovak: kanárikovo žltá
 * Vietnamese: (màu) vàng nhạt
 * Volapük: kanairaköl, kanairayelov


 * Afrikaans: Kanariese wyn
 * Finnish: Kanarian viini
 * Italian: vino delle canarie
 * Vietnamese: rượu canary


 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Gallurese: canariu
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: canariu
 * Logudorese: canarinu
 * Sassarese: canariu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Romanian:


 * Finnish:

Adjective

 * 1) Of a light yellow colour.

Translations

 * Danish: kanariegul
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kanariankeltainen
 * Gallurese: canariu
 * German: kanariengelb
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: amarelo-canário
 * Sardinian:
 * Campidanese: canariu
 * Logudorese: canarinu
 * Sassarese: canariu
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: kanairakölik, kanairayelovik

Verb

 * 1)  To dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
 * 2)  To inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.
 * 3)  To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.
 * 1)  To test a software change by rolling out to a small set of machines or users before making it available to all.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Russian: ,