Can

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Modal verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Brithenig 2.1 Noun 2.2 Noun 3 Interlingua 3.1 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 5 Romanica 5.1 Noun 6 Multilingual associations

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: kăn
• IPA: /kæn/
• SAMPA: /k{n/

Modal verb

can (Simple past could; no past participle; no future. For missing tenses, substitute inflected forms of be able to. In many other languages, can is fully conjugated. The present tense is negated as cannot, single word, which can be contracted to can't; the simple past is negated as couldn't.)

1. Able to do something.

   I can play football

2. (in a question) equivalent of may.

   Can I go outside?.

Synonyms

• be able to (1)
• may (2)

Antonyms

• cannot
• can not
• can't

Translations

• Chinese: 会 (hui), 能 (neng), 可以 (keyi), 能够 (nenggou)
• Dutch: kunnen
• Esperanto: povi
• Estonian| osata (1), võima (2)
• Finnish: osata (1), voida (2)
• French: pouvoir
• German: können
• Indonesian: dapat, mampu, bisa
• Italian: potere, sapere, riuscire a
• Japanese: できる (dekiru), れる, られる
• Latin: posse
• Romanica: poter
• Russian: мочь /moch'/
• Spanish: poder
• Swedish: kunna
• Thai: dai

Noun

can (plural: cans)

1. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium
2. A flower-waterer (a watering can)
3. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish
4. (US, euphemism) toilet, bathroom

Synonyms

• tin (British & Australian at least)

Translations

• Dutch: kan f (1), blik n (2), conservenblik n (2), toilet n(3)
• Esperanto: ladskatolo (1)
• Finnish: kannu, purkki
• French: boîte de conserves f (2)
• German: Dose f (1, 3), Gießkanne f (2)
• Indonesian: kaleng (1,2)
• Japanese: 缶 (かん, kan) (1,2)

Verb

to can

1. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar

   They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.

2. To discard or scrap (an idea, project, etc.)

   He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.

3. To shut up

   Can your gob.

4. (euphemism) to fire or terminate an employee

   The boss canned him for speaking out.

Translations

• Dutch: inblikken (1), conserveren (1), afvoeren (2), ontslaan (3)
• Esperanto: enladigi (1)
• Finnish: purkittaa
• German: einmachen (1), abbrechen (2), die Klappe halten (3), rausschmeißen (4)

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Brithenig

Noun

can f

1. A reed

Noun

can m

1. A dog

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Interlingua

Noun

1. dog
2. cock, hammer (of a firearm)

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Italian

Noun

can (used in singular only; plural cani)

1. (poetic and literary form of cane) dog

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Romanica

Noun

can

1. dog

Multilingual associations

• Hebrew: קניתי /kaniti/ (I bought) can of tea