"canaille" meaning in English

See canaille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kəˈnaɪ/, /kəˈneɪl/ Forms: canailles [plural]
enPR: kə-nī􂀽', kə-nāl􂀽' Rhymes: -aɪ, -eɪl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaillebor. English canaille Borrowed from Middle French canaille. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|frm:canaille<ety:bor<it:canaglia<ety:inh<la-vul:*canālia<ety:der<la:canis>>>>>>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaillebor. English 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" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "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" : "English", "term" : "canaille", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="canaille"> Borrowed from Middle French canaille. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} canaille (countable and uncountable, plural canailles)
  1. (countable, collective) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. Tags: collective, countable
    Sense id: en-canaille-en-noun-ePYhTOkp Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Synonyms: canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, commonage, demos, everyone, general public, great unhosed, great unwashed, herd, hoi polloi, lower class, many, masses, mob, multitude, odds and sods [Britain], peasantry, plebs, populace, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, third estate, trash, unwashed, unwashed masses, working class
  2. (uncountable, Canada) Shorts or inferior flour. Tags: Canada, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canaille-en-noun-g0m8rRoy Categories (other): Canadian English, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 46 54

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1937, P. G. Wodehouse, Lord Emsworth and Others, Woodstock: Overlook, published 2002, pages 99–100:",
          "text": "The President's Cup, for all its high-sounding name, was one of the lowliest and most humble trophies offered for competition to the members of our club... It had been instituted by a kindly committee for the benefit of the canaille of our little golfing world, those retired military, naval and business men who withdraw to the country and take up golf in their fifties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rabble",
          "rabble"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, collective) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "canaille"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "commonality"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "commonalty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "crowd"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "commonage"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "demos"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "everyone"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "general public"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "great unhosed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "great unwashed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "herd"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "hoi polloi"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "lower class"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "many"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "masses"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "mob"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "multitude"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "tags": [
            "Britain"
          ],
          "word": "odds and sods"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "peasantry"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "plebs"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "populace"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "proletariat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "rabble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "rank and file"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "riffraff"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "third estate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "trash"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "unwashed"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "unwashed masses"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:commonalty",
          "word": "working class"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Canadian English",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Shorts or inferior flour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shorts",
          "shorts"
        ],
        [
          "flour",
          "flour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, Canada) Shorts or inferior flour."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈnaɪ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəˈneɪl/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kə-nī􂀽'"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "kə-nāl􂀽'"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "canaille"
}

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