"canaille" meaning in Dutch

See canaille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkaːˈnɑ.jə/ Audio: Nl-canaille.ogg Forms: canailles [plural], kanalje [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. From the sixteenth century onwards. Etymology templates: {{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 incorrect language header 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

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  "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": "frm",
        "3": "canaille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French canaille",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "canaglia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian canaglia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed 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": "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": "/ˌkaːˈnɑ.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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canaille"
}
{
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    "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 Middle French",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "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": "frm",
        "3": "canaille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French canaille",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "canaglia"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian canaglia",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed 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": "/ˌkaːˈnɑ.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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canaille"
}

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