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Meaning of "canaille" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CANAILLE

From French, from Italian canaglia pack of dogs.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CANAILLE

canaille  [kanɑj] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANAILLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Canaille is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CANAILLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of canaille in the English dictionary

The definition of canaille in the dictionary is the masses; mob; rabble.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANAILLE

canaigre
canakin
canal
canal barge
canal boat
Canal du Midi
canal ray
Canal Zone
Canaletto
canalicular
canaliculate
canaliculated
canaliculi
canaliculus
canalisation
canalise
canalization
canalize
canaller

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANAILLE

Braille
caille
faille
famille
fille
grille
grisaille
Huntsville
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lille
Louisville
marseille
mitraille
Nashville
rascaille
rocaille
taille
tenaille
trouvaille

Synonyms and antonyms of canaille in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CANAILLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «canaille» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of canaille

Translation of «canaille» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANAILLE

Find out the translation of canaille to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of canaille from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «canaille» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Canaille海角
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canaille
570 millions of speakers

English

canaille
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

canaille
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

canaille
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

канальи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

canalha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্ছৃঙ্খল জনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canaille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Canaille
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kanaille
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下層民
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

canaille
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Canaille
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

canaille
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது மக்கள் கூட்டம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅनिलल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayaktakımı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marmaglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

canaille
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

канальи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canaille
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

canaille
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gespuis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

canaille
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

canaille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of canaille

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANAILLE»

The term «canaille» is regularly used and occupies the 95.446 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANAILLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «canaille» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «canaille» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about canaille

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANAILLE»

Discover the use of canaille in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to canaille and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Atheneum
LA CANAILLE, (THE MOB.) * Madam, I don't belong to (he mob of the common chimney-sweepers. I am attached to the establishment of a chimney-doctor, and am not in want of bread. t Where now shall we look for the Canaille, since the ...
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The Spirit of the English Magazines
* Madam, I don't belong: to the mob of the common chimney-sweepers. T am attached to the establishment of a chimney-doctor, and am not in want of bread. t Where now shall we look for the Canaille, since the chimney-sweepers arc too ...
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Atheneum, Or, Spirit of the English Magazines
LA CANAILLE, (THE MOB.) * Madam, I don't belong to the mob of the common chimney-sweepers. I am attached to the establishment of a chimney-doctor, and am not in want of bread. t Where now shall we look for the Canaille, since the ...
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The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune
During the Commune, monarchist journals refer to the crowd either as la vile multitude (a phrase originally attributed to Thiers), la crapule, or la canaille, and hearken back, in an almost incantatory way, to "la canaille de 1789, de 1830, ...
Kristin Ross, 1988
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Controlling Crime, Controlling Society: Thinking about Crime ...
As such, exactly like Foucault's délinquance (1975), la canaille constitutes a masse de manoeuvre of capital, so to speak. As Foucault writes: No doubt delinquency is a form of illegality; certainly it has its roots in illegality; but it is an illegality ...
Dario Melossi, 2008
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La Philosophie de La Canaille...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Caspar Melchior Baltzer, 2012
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Napoleon in Exile: Or, A Voice from St. Helena: the Opinions ...
knowing queje suis l'homme du peuple, queje sors dc la canaille moi-méme, ( that I am the man of the_ people, that I spring from the populace myself,) and that whenever a man had merit or talent, I elevated him, without asking how many ...
Barry Edward O'Meara, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), 1822
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Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 117: 2001 Lectures
Voltaire used the terms 'le peuple' and 'la canaille' almost interchangeably. 'As for the canaille ', he told d'AIembert, 'I have no concern with it; it will always remain canaille.' And it would remain canaille because it was uneducable. The people ...
British Academy, 2002
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The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, ...
LA CANAILLE (the Moll.) Though I have at different periods resided many years in France, and have studied the language with assiduity, I could never discover the precise meaning of the word Canaille. Before the Revolution, every person ...
William Jerdan, Lovell Augustus Reeve, John Mounteney Jephson, 1824
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The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, ...
LA CANAILLE (the Moh.) Though I have at different periods resided many years in France, and have studied the language with assiduity, I could never discover the precise meaning of the word C'o- nuille. Before the Revolution, every person  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANAILLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term canaille is used in the context of the following news items.
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AM ou le syndrome Tiananmen d'un congolais à Paris
Les Combattants furent semés tandis que toute la canaille PCT/Paris renforcée de figurants africains attirés par des espèces sonnantes et ... «Congopage, Jul 15»
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C'est sur scène que des jeunes de Jabal Mohsen et Bab el-Tebbané …
Khoder, casquette vissée sur le crâne, cigarette au bec et petit air canaille, renchérit : « Sans emploi. Sans scolarité. J'ai été chassé tout petit ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jun 15»
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An enigmatic line across Pluto: Plutonian canali!?
The feature is from now on know as the "Björn canaille"! (In keeping with the tradition of bad translations). sepiae: 06/10/2015 01:44 CDT. «The Planetary Society, Jun 15»
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Clos Roussely Canaille Loire Gamay 2013
We were served this wine at dinner in the hotel on the recent French weekend.The Touraine AOC was created in 1939 [ although viticulture in ... «Snooth, May 15»
5
Activist claims award
2am Carry On Curator - 'Pour la canaille: Faut la mitraille'; 6am LA fitness Capital to Coast charity cycle ride; 7am BHAC Art Exhibition; 9:30am ... «The Argus, May 15»
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Get moving with Lafayette's dance scene
... at Randol's, but Sunday nights typically draw a college-aged crowd while Wednesdays are for the more sophisticated Krewe de Canaille. «The Daily Advertiser, Apr 15»
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The birth of American plutocracy: When the 1 percent conquered US …
... sites for indoor tennis, concerts, and theatergoing, were originally erected after the 1877 insurrection to deal with the working-class canaille. «Salon, Apr 15»
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Saving Bonavista's architectural treasures, one building at a time
At 29, Norman is fit and trim, dark in an Iberian way, as if he were from Canaille, Bonavista's one-time Portuguese quarter. There's something ... «Macleans.ca, Mar 15»
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Louisiana festival guide 2015: March
... a 1-mile White Boot Waddle, cultural exhibits, arts and crafts, and music by Treater, T'Canaille, Bruce Daigrepont, Geno Delafose, and more. «NOLA.com, Mar 15»
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« Vêtements », les créateurs anonymes qui chamboulent tout
Minutieusement retaillés et détournés, ces habits fonctionnels deviennent entre leurs mains des créations à part entière à l'élégance canaille. «Le Monde, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Canaille [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/canaille>. Apr 2024 ».
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