canel

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French canele, from Medieval Latin canella; equivalent to cane + -el.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkanəl(ə)/, /kaˈnɛːl(ə)/

Noun

canel (uncountable)

  1. cinnamon (The bark of trees of certain species of the genus Cinnamomum)
  2. (rare) The cinnamon tree; the trees which produce cinnamon.

Usage notes

This term referred to a lower quality of cinnamon, as opposed to synamome.

Descendants

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin canalis.

Noun

canel m (oblique plural caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative singular caneaus or caneax or caniaus or caniax or canels, nominative plural canel)

  1. canal (artificial watercourse)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (canal, supplement)
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