See canonical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for canonical meaning in English (19.8kB)
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"scripture\"",
"word": "apocryphal"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "acanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "anticanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bicanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical conjunctive normal form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical disjunctive normal form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical ensemble"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical formalism"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical hour"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicalisation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicalise"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicality"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicalization"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicalize"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonically"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonicalness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical obedience"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "canonical sequence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "deuterocanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "extracanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "microcanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "multicanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "non-canonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "noncanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "parabicanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "paracanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pluricanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "postcanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "precanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "protocanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "semicanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "supracanonical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "uncanonical"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canon",
"3": "ical"
},
"expansion": "canon + -ical",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canonic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "canonic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "canon + -ical or canonic + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more canonical",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most canonical",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "canonical (comparative more canonical, superlative most canonical)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […], 2nd edition, page 4",
"text": "In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Present in a canon, religious or otherwise."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-rFeEWcQE",
"links": [
[
"canon",
"canon"
],
[
"religious",
"religious"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canònic"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanona"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kaanoniin kuuluva"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"english": "fandom",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanon-teki na",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "カノン的な"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kanonikalyq",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "каноникалық"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canoanagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 0 2 0 4 8 0 2 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanonisk"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"According to recognised or orthodox rules."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-9rBE1PE6",
"links": [
[
"recognised",
"recognised"
],
[
"orthodox",
"orthodox"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "oikeaoppinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "orthodoxe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kanondyq",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "канондық"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 94 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-vaZRRj2x",
"links": [
[
"basic",
"basic"
],
[
"straightforward",
"straightforward"
],
[
"applicable",
"applicable"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 2 2 3 1 5 3 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 2 2 3 1 5 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner",
"word": "basique"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 1 6 24 2 1 8 14 22 1 10 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 3 9 28 3 0 9 14 17 1 6 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -al",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 3 9 28 3 0 9 14 17 1 6 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ical",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Prototypical."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-NL9tDGEe",
"links": [
[
"Prototypical",
"prototypical"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "en:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In conformity with canon law."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-lP5rapCF",
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"canon law",
"canon law"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) In conformity with canon law."
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canònic"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "agglishagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canoanagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 2 0 75 5 2 5 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canónico"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In the form of a canon."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj--4Ir1iuI",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"canon",
"canon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) In the form of a canon."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "16 0 7 0 9 48 0 11 3 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(music) in the form of a canon",
"word": "kaanonissa"
},
{
"_dis1": "16 0 7 0 9 48 0 11 3 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(music) in the form of a canon",
"word": "kaanon-"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Religion",
"orig": "en:Religion",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter"
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-e7Y~xLHV",
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"ecclesiastical",
"ecclesiastical"
],
[
"chapter",
"chapter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 2 4 7 5 0 70 4 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(religion) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 2 4 7 5 0 70 4 7 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "(religion) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Computing",
"orig": "en:Computing",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mathematics",
"orig": "en:Mathematics",
"parents": [
"Formal sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "0 1 6 24 2 1 8 14 22 1 10 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In canonical form."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-p9Kqgfgq",
"links": [
[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"canonical form",
"canonical form"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mathematics, computing) In canonical form."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kanonakan",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "կանոնական"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanonický"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanonisoitu"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 0 2 2 0 88 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mathematics",
"orig": "en:Mathematics",
"parents": [
"Formal sciences",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "0 1 6 24 2 1 8 14 22 1 10 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 July 2, Samson Abramsky with Nikos Tzevelekos, “Introduction to Categories and Categorical Logic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 19",
"text": "It turns out that ordered pairs can be defined in set theory, e.g. as\n(x,y)#x3A;#x3D;#x5C;#x7B;#x5C;#x7B;x,y#x5C;#x7D;,y#x5C;#x7D;.\nNote that in no sense is such a definition canonical.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-cQde4ixx",
"links": [
[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"Distinguished",
"distinguished"
],
[
"arbitrary",
"arbitrary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices."
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Part of canon (“the main continuity of a fictional universe”)."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-adj-CFDN2e6r",
"links": [
[
"fandom",
"fandom"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"canon",
"canon#English:_Q53815"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fandom slang) Part of canon (“the main continuity of a fictional universe”)."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canonical.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "natural"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"canonical"
],
"word": "canonical"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canon",
"3": "ical"
},
"expansion": "canon + -ical",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canonic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "canonic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "canon + -ical or canonic + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "canonicals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "canonical (plural canonicals)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English pluralia tantum",
"parents": [
"Pluralia tantum",
"Nouns",
"Lemmas"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1857, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857",
"text": "He, good man, could make but little of his solitary friend, and must many a time have been startled out of his canonicals by the strange, alien speeches which he heard.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1891, Emily Sarah Holt, The White Lady of Hazelwood",
"text": "Mr Altham rose, as in duty bound, in honour to a priest, and a priest who, as he dimly discerned by his canonicals, was not altogether a common one.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent",
"text": "When I was a boy I was a passionate atheist, I defied God, and so far as God is the mere sanction of social traditions and pressures, a mere dressing up of the crowd's will in canonicals, I do still deny him and repudiate him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The formal robes of a priest."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-noun-3XJnjPvd",
"links": [
[
"priest",
"priest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(plural only) The formal robes of a priest."
],
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Internet",
"orig": "en:Internet",
"parents": [
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015, Simon Kloostra, Joomla! 3 SEO and Performance, page 63",
"text": "Google advises canonicals as one of the preferred methods of treating duplicate content in your CMS.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A URL presented in canonical form."
],
"id": "en-canonical-en-noun-m0uW095s",
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"URL",
"URL"
],
[
"canonical form",
"canonical form"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet) A URL presented in canonical form."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canonical.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"canonical"
],
"word": "canonical"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"scripture\"",
"word": "apocryphal"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -al",
"English terms suffixed with -ical",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "acanonical"
},
{
"word": "anticanonical"
},
{
"word": "bicanonical"
},
{
"word": "canonical conjunctive normal form"
},
{
"word": "canonical disjunctive normal form"
},
{
"word": "canonical ensemble"
},
{
"word": "canonical form"
},
{
"word": "canonical formalism"
},
{
"word": "canonical hour"
},
{
"word": "canonicalisation"
},
{
"word": "canonicalise"
},
{
"word": "canonicality"
},
{
"word": "canonicalization"
},
{
"word": "canonicalize"
},
{
"word": "canonically"
},
{
"word": "canonicalness"
},
{
"word": "canonical obedience"
},
{
"word": "canonical sequence"
},
{
"word": "deuterocanonical"
},
{
"word": "extracanonical"
},
{
"word": "microcanonical"
},
{
"word": "multicanonical"
},
{
"word": "non-canonical"
},
{
"word": "noncanonical"
},
{
"word": "parabicanonical"
},
{
"word": "paracanonical"
},
{
"word": "pluricanonical"
},
{
"word": "postcanonical"
},
{
"word": "precanonical"
},
{
"word": "protocanonical"
},
{
"word": "semicanonical"
},
{
"word": "supracanonical"
},
{
"word": "uncanonical"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canon",
"3": "ical"
},
"expansion": "canon + -ical",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canonic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "canonic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "canon + -ical or canonic + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more canonical",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most canonical",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "canonical (comparative more canonical, superlative most canonical)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Gospel of Luke is a canonical New Testament book.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1732, George Reynolds, A diſſertation: or, Inquiry Concerning the Canonical Autority of the Goſpel according to Mathew; […], 2nd edition, page 4",
"text": "In a word, they were made uſe of by the immediate ſucceſſors of the Apoſtles, and many of them read in the Public Aſſemblies of Chriſtians, as Canonical Scripture, without the leaſt mark of Diſtinction, in point of Autority[…]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Present in a canon, religious or otherwise."
],
"links": [
[
"canon",
"canon"
],
[
"religious",
"religious"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The men played golf in the most canonical way, with no local rules.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"According to recognised or orthodox rules."
],
"links": [
[
"recognised",
"recognised"
],
[
"orthodox",
"orthodox"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "the reduction of a linear substitution to its canonical form",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner."
],
"links": [
[
"basic",
"basic"
],
[
"straightforward",
"straightforward"
],
[
"applicable",
"applicable"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Prototypical."
],
"links": [
[
"Prototypical",
"prototypical"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Religion"
],
"glosses": [
"In conformity with canon law."
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"canon law",
"canon law"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) In conformity with canon law."
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"In the form of a canon."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"canon",
"canon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) In the form of a canon."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Religion"
],
"glosses": [
"Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter"
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"ecclesiastical",
"ecclesiastical"
],
[
"chapter",
"chapter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(religion) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing",
"en:Mathematics"
],
"glosses": [
"In canonical form."
],
"links": [
[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"canonical form",
"canonical form"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mathematics, computing) In canonical form."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Mathematics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 July 2, Samson Abramsky with Nikos Tzevelekos, “Introduction to Categories and Categorical Logic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 19",
"text": "It turns out that ordered pairs can be defined in set theory, e.g. as\n(x,y)#x3A;#x3D;#x5C;#x7B;#x5C;#x7B;x,y#x5C;#x7D;,y#x5C;#x7D;.\nNote that in no sense is such a definition canonical.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices."
],
"links": [
[
"mathematics",
"mathematics"
],
[
"Distinguished",
"distinguished"
],
[
"arbitrary",
"arbitrary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mathematics) Distinguished among entities of its kind, so that it can be picked out in a way that does not depend on any arbitrary choices."
],
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English fandom slang"
],
"glosses": [
"Part of canon (“the main continuity of a fictional universe”)."
],
"links": [
[
"fandom",
"fandom"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"canon",
"canon#English:_Q53815"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fandom slang) Part of canon (“the main continuity of a fictional universe”)."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"lifestyle"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canonical.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"topics": [
"mathematics",
"sciences"
],
"word": "natural"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canònic"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanona"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kaanoniin kuuluva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"english": "fandom",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanon-teki na",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "カノン的な"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kanonikalyq",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "каноникалық"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canoanagh"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "present in a canon, religious or otherwise",
"word": "kanonisk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "oikeaoppinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "orthodoxe"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kanondyq",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "канондық"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "according to recognised or orthodox rules",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner",
"word": "basique"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canònic"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "agglishagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canoanagh"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "gesettendlīc"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(religion) in conformity with canon law",
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(music) in the form of a canon",
"word": "kaanonissa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(music) in the form of a canon",
"word": "kaanon-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(religion) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kanonikós",
"sense": "(religion) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κανονικός"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kanonakan",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "կանոնական"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanonický"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanoninen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanonisoitu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "canonique"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"word": "kanoniczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "canónico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in canonical form",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "canônico"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"canonical"
],
"word": "canonical"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -al",
"English terms suffixed with -ical",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Requests for review of Esperanto translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canon",
"3": "ical"
},
"expansion": "canon + -ical",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "canonic",
"3": "al"
},
"expansion": "canonic + -al",
"name": "suffix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "canon + -ical or canonic + -al.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "canonicals",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "canonical (plural canonicals)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English pluralia tantum",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1857, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 2, December, 1857",
"text": "He, good man, could make but little of his solitary friend, and must many a time have been startled out of his canonicals by the strange, alien speeches which he heard.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1891, Emily Sarah Holt, The White Lady of Hazelwood",
"text": "Mr Altham rose, as in duty bound, in honour to a priest, and a priest who, as he dimly discerned by his canonicals, was not altogether a common one.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1915, H. G. Wells, The Research Magnificent",
"text": "When I was a boy I was a passionate atheist, I defied God, and so far as God is the mere sanction of social traditions and pressures, a mere dressing up of the crowd's will in canonicals, I do still deny him and repudiate him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The formal robes of a priest."
],
"links": [
[
"priest",
"priest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(plural only) The formal robes of a priest."
],
"tags": [
"plural",
"plural-only"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Internet"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2015, Simon Kloostra, Joomla! 3 SEO and Performance, page 63",
"text": "Google advises canonicals as one of the preferred methods of treating duplicate content in your CMS.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A URL presented in canonical form."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"URL",
"URL"
],
[
"canonical form",
"canonical form"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Internet) A URL presented in canonical form."
],
"tags": [
"Internet"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɒn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɑ.nɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kəl/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kəˈnɔn.ɪ.kl̩]",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-canonical.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-canonical.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"canonical"
],
"word": "canonical"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). 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.