canvas

Etymology 1
From, from , from (compare 🇨🇬, ) from a root derived from , from. Compare 🇨🇬, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French. .

Noun

 * 1) A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
 * 2) A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
 * 3) A painting, or a picture on canvas.
 * 4) A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts.
 * 5)  A basis for creative work.
 * 6)  A region on which graphics can be rendered.
 * 7)  Sails in general.
 * 8) A tent.
 * 9) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
 * 10)  Athletic shoes.
 * 1)  A region on which graphics can be rendered.
 * 2)  Sails in general.
 * 3) A tent.
 * 4) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
 * 5)  Athletic shoes.
 * 1) A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make.
 * 2)  Athletic shoes.
 * 1)  Athletic shoes.

Usage notes
The plural is used in the US, while the plural  is sometimes incorrectly used in the UK and some UK-influenced areas. All major British dictionaries (Oxford, Cambridge, Collins and Chambers) agree that ‘canvases’ is the correct form.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: seildoek, seil
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, canemàs
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 帆布
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lærred, sejldug
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kanvaso
 * Finnish: kanvasti, kanvaasi, telttakangas,
 * French:
 * Friulian: tele
 * Galician: cotonía, treu
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ; Canvas
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: anairt, canbhás
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: кенеп
 * Korean:, 범포(帆布)
 * Lithuanian: drobė
 * Macedonian: мушама
 * Malay: kanvas
 * Maori: kānawehi
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: níbaal
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lerret
 * Nynorsk: lerret
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: płotno
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: lona
 * Thai:


 * Afrikaans: skilderdoek
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: палатно́
 * Bulgarian: платно́ за рису́ване,
 * Catalan:,  , canemàs
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: lærred
 * Dutch:, , , schilderslinnen
 * Esperanto: kanvaso
 * Finnish: kanvaasi
 * French: ,
 * Galician:, gondel
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , カンバス
 * Korean:, 화폭(畫幅)
 * Macedonian: платно
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lerret
 * Nynorsk: lerret
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: платно
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: plátno
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: płotno
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: segelduk
 * Thai: แคนวาส
 * Turkish: kanvas,
 * Ukrainian: полотно́

Verb

 * 1)  To cover (an area or object) with canvas.

Translations

 * French: ,
 * Galician: toldar
 * Italian: intelare

Etymology 2
A variant of.

Etymology
From, from , from , from. The spelling was lated influenced by.

Noun

 * , used for painting
 * , used for painting
 * , used for painting

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1)   area on which graphics are rendered
 * 2)  business model canvas