canon

Borrowed from Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה‎ (qane, “reed”)). See also cane.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.ən/
• Rhymes: -ænən
• Homophone: cannon

Canons cast into the top of a bell - used for attaching to a headstock

canon (plural canons)

1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.

   The trial must proceed according to the canons of law.

   • Shakespeare

     Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter.

2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.

   (Can we date this quote?) "the durable canon of American short fiction" — William Styron

3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

   the entire Shakespeare canon

4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

   We must proceed according to canon law.

6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

   Pachelbel’s Canon has become very popular.

10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
    • 1919 January 1, Charles P. Sherman, “A Brief History of Imperial Roman Canon Law”, in California Law Review, volume 7, number 2, Berkeley, California: University of California, pages 96-97:

      The lessees of public lands had to pay a perpetual rent or "canon" at some periodical time.

11. (fandom) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.

    A spin-off book series revealed the aliens to be originally from Earth, but it's not canon.

    • 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

      Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax.

12. (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.

    a canon of beef or lamb

13. (printing, dated) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
14. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

15. (billiards) A carom.

• (48-point type): French canon

From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Anglo-Norman chanoine).

canon (plural canons)

1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

canon (plural canons)

1. Alternative spelling of qanun

• “canon” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• Ancon, Conan, ancon

From Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה‎ (qaneh, “reed”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.nɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧non

canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)

1. canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)
   1. (chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)
2. (Christianity) canon (religious law)
3. (music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)
4. (Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)
5. (dated) canon (principle, rule)

• canoniek
• canoniseren

• IPA^(key): /ka.nɔ̃/

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From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

canon m (plural canons)

1. cannon, (big) gun
2. barrel (of firearm)
3. cannon for a horse.
4. (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)

From the above noun by conversion.

canon (plural canons)

1. (informal, of a person) hot, sexy

   Cette nouvelle coupe de cheveux te va trop bien, t'es canon !

From Old French canon, borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).

canon m (plural canons)

1. canon
2. (music) canon
3. (religion) canon

canne +‎ -on.

canon m (plural canons)

1. (slang) glass of wine

• “canon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה‎ (qaneh, “reed”)).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.noːn/

canōn m (genitive canonis); third declension

1. a measuring line
2. (figuratively) precept, rule, canon
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) catalog of sacred writings
4. (Later Latin) a cannon (artillery)
5. a yearly tribute paid to the emperor

Third declension.

• (precept, rule): nōrma, praeceptum, rēgula

• Catalan: cànon
• English: canon
• French: canon
• Irish: canóin
• Italian: canone
• Russian: кано́н (kanón)
• Spanish: canon

• canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• canon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

From Old French canon.

canon m (plural canons)

1. cannon

canne +‎ -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)

1. tube
2. cannon

Borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).

1. canon

• English: canon
• French: canon
• Norman: canon

Borrowed from Greek κανών (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.

canon n (plural canoane)

1. canon
2. (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
3. punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule

• canoni

Borrowed from Latin canōn[1], from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare κάννα (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkanon/, [ˈkanõn]

canon m (plural cánones)

1. canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)

• (principle): norma, precepto, regla

• canónico

• “canon” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

• canasom (literary, first-person plural)
• canasant (literary, third-person plural)

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːnɔn/, /ˈkanɔn/

canon

1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu