"kanon" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: kanonen [definite, singular], kanoner [indefinite, plural], kanonene [definite, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French canon, from Italian cannone. Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|fro|canon}} Old French canon, {{der|nb|it|cannone}} Italian cannone Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanoner, definite plural kanonene)
  1. (weaponry) cannon Tags: masculine Derived forms: kanonkule, vannkanon
    Sense id: en-kanon-nb-noun-GeD1C88v Categories (other): Weapons Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: kanonen [definite, singular], kanoner [indefinite, plural], kanonene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”)). Etymology templates: {{der|nb|fro|canon}} Old French canon, {{der|nb|la|canōn}} Latin canōn, {{der|nb|grc|κανών||measuring rod, standard}} Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), {{cog|he|קָנֶה||reed|tr=qane}} Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} kanon m (definite singular kanonen, indefinite plural kanoner, definite plural kanonene)
  1. (literature) canon (group of literary works) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kanon-nb-noun-ItqS7tGb Categories (other): Literature Topics: literature, media, publishing
  2. (biblical) canon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kanon-nb-noun-elNWZZxb Categories (other): Bible, Bible Disambiguation of Bible: 1 5 81 8 5 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  3. (music) canon Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kanon-nb-noun-elNWZZxb1 Categories (other): Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (religion) canon (decree or law) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-kanon-nb-noun-hSratz3m Categories (other): Religion Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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