"canif" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ka.nif/ Audio: Fr-canif.ogg Forms: canifs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English knif (“knife”), from Old English cnīf (“knife”), from Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”). Akin to Old French cnivet, canivet (“little knife”), Catalan ganivet (“knife”), from Frankish *knīf (“knife”), from the same Germanic source. More at knife. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|enm|knif||knife|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English knif (“knife”), {{bor+|fr|enm|knif||knife}} Borrowed from Middle English knif (“knife”), {{der|fr|ang|cnīf||knife}} Old English cnīf (“knife”), {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*knīb}} Proto-West Germanic *knīb, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*knībaz||knife}} Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”), {{cog|fro|cnivet}} Old French cnivet, {{cog|ca|ganivet||knife}} Catalan ganivet (“knife”), {{cog|frk|*knīb|*knīf|t=knife}} Frankish *knīf (“knife”), {{cog|gem}} Germanic Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} canif m (plural canifs)
  1. clasp-knife, penknife Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-canif-fr-noun--ImljYvp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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