"canaille" meaning in Dutch

See canaille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaːˈnɑ.jə/ Audio: Nl-canaille.ogg Forms: canailles [plural], kanalje [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑjə Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaillebor. Dutch canaille Borrowed from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. From the sixteenth century onwards. Etymology templates: {{ety|nl|:bor|frm:canaille<ety:bor<it:canaglia<ety:inh<la-vul:*canālia<ety:der<la:canis>>>>>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaillebor. Dutch canaille [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱwṓ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "canēs", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "canis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*canālia", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "dog", "pos" : "word" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱwṓ", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "cane", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "-ālia", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-aglia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "canaglia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "canaille", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Dutch", "term" : "canaille", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "nl" }" data-lang="nl" data-title="canaille">, {{bor|nl|frm|canaille}} Middle French canaille, {{der|nl|it|canaglia}} Italian canaglia Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-s|-}} canaille n (plural canailles, no diminutive)
  1. (uncountable) plebs, scum, riffraff Tags: neuter, no-diminutive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canaille-nl-noun-Z0D2kwOt Categories (other): Dutch entries with etymology trees, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with etymology trees: 74 26 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. (countable) rascal, jerk, scumbag Tags: countable, neuter, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-canaille-nl-noun-gqHBdWIX

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "karnallie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kanari"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kanalje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "frm:canaille<ety:bor<it:canaglia<ety:inh<la-vul:*canālia<ety:der<la:canis>>>>>>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.\nLatin canēs\nLatin canisder.\nVulgar Latin *canālia\nItalian canagliabor.\nMiddle French canaillebor.\nDutch canaille\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱwṓ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"canēs\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"canis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Vulgar Latin\", \"term\" : \"*canālia\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la-vul\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"dog\", \"pos\" : \"word\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱwṓ\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"cane\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"-ālia\", \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂el-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ālis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ālis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"-aglia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"afeq\", \"is_invisible\" : \"all\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"canaglia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"canaille\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Dutch\", \"term\" : \"canaille\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"nl\" }\" data-lang=\"nl\" data-title=\"canaille\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "canaille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French canaille",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "canaglia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian canaglia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.\nLatin canēs\nLatin canisder.\nVulgar Latin *canālia\nItalian canagliabor.\nMiddle French canaillebor.\nDutch canaille\nBorrowed from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. From the sixteenth century onwards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "canailles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanalje",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "canaille n (plural canailles, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "nail",
        "le"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs, scum, riffraff"
      ],
      "id": "en-canaille-nl-noun-Z0D2kwOt",
      "links": [
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ],
        [
          "scum",
          "scum"
        ],
        [
          "riffraff",
          "riffraff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) plebs, scum, riffraff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-diminutive",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "rascal, jerk, scumbag"
      ],
      "id": "en-canaille-nl-noun-gqHBdWIX",
      "links": [
        [
          "rascal",
          "rascal"
        ],
        [
          "jerk",
          "jerk"
        ],
        [
          "scumbag",
          "scumbag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) rascal, jerk, scumbag"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːˈnɑ.jə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-canaille.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/Nl-canaille.ogg/Nl-canaille.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Nl-canaille.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑjə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canaille"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Dutch entries with etymology trees",
    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -s",
    "Dutch terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "Dutch terms derived from Italian",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle French",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
    "Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱwṓ",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with inline etymon for redlinks",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑjə",
    "fr:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "karnallie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kanari"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kanalje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "frm:canaille<ety:bor<it:canaglia<ety:inh<la-vul:*canālia<ety:der<la:canis>>>>>>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.\nLatin canēs\nLatin canisder.\nVulgar Latin *canālia\nItalian canagliabor.\nMiddle French canaillebor.\nDutch canaille\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱwṓ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"canēs\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"canis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Vulgar Latin\", \"term\" : \"*canālia\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"la-vul\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" }, { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"is_duplicate\" : true, \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : { \"1\" : \"ine-pro\", \"id\" : \"dog\", \"pos\" : \"word\" }, \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱwṓ\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"cane\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"-ālia\", \"id\" : \"adjectivizing suffix\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"der.\", \"is_uncertain\" : true, \"keyword_label\" : \"Derived from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*h₂el-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Italic\", \"term\" : \"*-ālis\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"itc-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"-ālis\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"-aglia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"afeq\", \"is_invisible\" : \"all\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"canaglia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle French\", \"term\" : \"canaille\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"frm\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Dutch\", \"term\" : \"canaille\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"nl\" }\" data-lang=\"nl\" data-title=\"canaille\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "canaille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French canaille",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "canaglia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian canaglia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.\nLatin canēs\nLatin canisder.\nVulgar Latin *canālia\nItalian canagliabor.\nMiddle French canaillebor.\nDutch canaille\nBorrowed from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. From the sixteenth century onwards.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "canailles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanalje",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "-s",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "canaille n (plural canailles, no diminutive)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca",
        "nail",
        "le"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs, scum, riffraff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ],
        [
          "scum",
          "scum"
        ],
        [
          "riffraff",
          "riffraff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) plebs, scum, riffraff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-diminutive",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rascal, jerk, scumbag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rascal",
          "rascal"
        ],
        [
          "jerk",
          "jerk"
        ],
        [
          "scumbag",
          "scumbag"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) rascal, jerk, scumbag"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "neuter",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːˈnɑ.jə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-canaille.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/81/Nl-canaille.ogg/Nl-canaille.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Nl-canaille.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑjə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canaille"
}

Download raw JSONL data for canaille meaning in Dutch (5.8kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (ade7ec3 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.