canevas

Etymology

From a combination of Old French chanevas, chenevas and Old Picard canevach. The Old French comes from a root ultimately derived from Latin *canapus, from cannabis, such as that of chanvre, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *cannabāceus or *cannapāceus, and the Old Picard comes from Old Northern French canevas, of ultimately the same origin as the previous word. Compare English canvas, itself borrowed from Old Northern French through Anglo-Norman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.va/ ~ /kan.vɑ/

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Noun

canevas m (plural canevas)

1. (sewing) canvas; tapestry
2. framework
3. (cartography) network

Further reading

• “canevas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• avances, avancés, encavas

Alternative forms

• cambace, canefas, canevase, canvas, canvase, canvasse, canwas, caunvas, kanvas

Etymology

From Old Northern French canevas, from Vulgar Latin *cannabāceus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan(ə)ˈvaːs/, /ˈkan(ə)vas/

Noun

canevas (uncountable)

1. flaxen fabric, canvas
2. A portion of canvas; a canvas item

Adjective

canevas

1. Made of canvas
2. The colour of canvas; light brownish-yellow

See also

Noun

canevas oblique singular, m (oblique plural canevas, nominative singular canevas, nominative plural canevas)

1. Alternative form of chenevas

Etymology

Borrowed from French canevas.

Noun

canevas n (plural canevasuri)

1. (cartography) network