Cannon

//ˈkæn.ən//

Synonyms for "cannon" (148 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Noun(1 words)
cannons

Strong matches (44)

Noun(2 words)
caromgun

Related words (74)

Noun(1 words)
shank

Related word relations

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15 relation types

More general

15 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

at location

8 entries

capable of

1 entries

coordinate

4 entries

derived

42 entries

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form of

1 entries

has context

9 entries

has property

1 entries

is a

7 entries

manner of

2 entries

part of

5 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

48 entries

Showing 16 of 48 words.

used for

17 entries

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

163 translations across 108 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • абзарбзан noun (artillery piece)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kanon noun (artillery piece)

Albanian

1 entries
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Amharic

1 entries
  • መድፍ noun (artillery piece)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مدفع noun (artillery piece)
  • مدفع noun (artillery piece)
  • مِدْفَع noun (artillery piece)
  • مِدْفَع noun (artillery piece)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թնդանոթ noun (artillery piece)

Assamese

2 entries
  • তোপ noun (artillery piece)
  • হিলৈ noun (artillery piece)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cañón noun (artillery piece)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • döyüş topu noun (artillery piece)
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Basque

1 entries
  • kanoi noun (artillery piece)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • гарма́та noun (artillery piece)
  • пу́шка noun (artillery piece)

Bengali

2 entries
  • কামান noun (artillery piece)
  • তোপ noun (artillery piece)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • карамбо́л noun (billiard shot)
  • оръ́дие noun (artillery piece)
  • топ noun (artillery piece)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အမြောက် noun (artillery piece)

Catalan

2 entries
  • canó noun (artillery piece)
  • canonejar verb (to bombard with cannons)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • لولەتۆپ noun (artillery piece)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 加農 /加农 noun (artillery piece)
  • 加農炮 /加农炮 noun (artillery piece)
  • 大砲 /大炮 noun (artillery piece)
  • 炮 noun (artillery piece)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • тупӑ noun (artillery piece)

Czech

4 entries
  • dělo noun (artillery piece)
  • kanón noun (large muzzle-loading artillery piece)
  • karambol noun (billiard shot)
  • zahrát karambol verb (billiards: to play carom shot)

Danish

1 entries
  • kanon noun (artillery piece)

Dari

1 entries
  • توپ noun (artillery piece)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kanon noun (artillery piece)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kanono noun (artillery piece)
  • pafilego noun (artillery piece)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kahur noun (artillery piece)

Finnish

4 entries
  • heittokäsi noun (baseball: good throwing hand)
  • kanuuna noun (large muzzle-loading artillery piece)
  • kanuuna noun (baseball: good throwing hand)
  • tykki noun (artillery piece)

French

1 entries
  • canon noun (artillery piece)

Galician

1 entries
  • canón noun (artillery piece)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ქვემეხი noun (artillery piece)

German

1 entries
  • Kanone noun (artillery piece)

Greek

2 entries
  • κανόνι noun (artillery piece)
  • καραμπόλα noun (billiard shot)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • તોપ noun (artillery piece)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • olohao noun (artillery piece)
  • pū kuni ahi noun (artillery piece)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תּוֹתָח noun (artillery piece)

Hindi

2 entries
  • कमान noun (artillery piece)
  • तोप noun (artillery piece)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • löveg noun (artillery piece)
  • ágyú noun (artillery piece)
  • ágyúz verb (to bombard with cannons)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • fallbyssa noun (artillery piece)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • meriam noun (artillery piece)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • tykki noun (artillery piece)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • توپ noun (artillery piece)

Irish

1 entries
  • canóin noun (artillery piece)

Italian

4 entries
  • cannone noun (artillery piece)
  • carambola noun (billiard shot)
  • cannonare verb (to bombard with cannons)
  • cannoneggiare verb (to bombard with cannons)

Japanese

3 entries
  • カノン砲 noun (artillery piece)
  • キャノン noun (artillery piece)
  • 大砲 noun (artillery piece)

Javanese

1 entries
  • mriem noun (artillery piece)

Kabardian

1 entries
  • топ noun (artillery piece)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • тов noun (artillery piece)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ತೋಪು noun (artillery piece)

Kashubian

2 entries
  • armata noun (artillery piece)
  • kanóna noun (artillery piece)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • зеңбірек noun (artillery piece)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កាំភ្លើងធំ noun (artillery piece)
  • កាំភ្លើងមេរៀម noun (artillery piece)

Korean

2 entries
  • 대포 noun (artillery piece)
  • 캐넌 noun (artillery piece)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • замбирек noun (artillery piece)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປືນໃຫຍ່ noun (artillery piece)

Latin

2 entries
  • pyrobolus noun (artillery piece)
  • tormentum noun (artillery piece)

Latvian

1 entries
  • lielgabals noun (artillery piece)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • туп noun (artillery piece)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • patranka noun (artillery piece)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • kanuna noun (artillery piece)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Kanoun noun (artillery piece)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • карамбол noun (billiard shot)
  • топ noun (artillery piece)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • tafondro noun (artillery piece)
  • tafondro noun (artillery piece)

Malay

2 entries
  • bedil noun (artillery piece)
  • meriam noun (artillery piece)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പീരങ്കി noun (artillery piece)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡦᠣᠣ noun (artillery piece)

Manx

1 entries
  • aavenn verb (billiards: to play carom shot)

Marathi

1 entries
  • तोफ noun (artillery piece)

Middle English

2 entries
  • bombard noun (artillery piece)
  • canon noun (artillery piece)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • их буу noun (artillery piece)

Māori

1 entries
  • pū repo noun (artillery piece)

Nanai

1 entries
  • пао noun (artillery piece)

Nauruan

1 entries
  • ekanen noun (artillery piece)

Nepali

1 entries
  • तोप noun (artillery piece)

Norman

1 entries
  • canon noun (artillery piece)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • moşek noun (artillery piece)
  • sarox noun (artillery piece)
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kanon noun (artillery piece)

Occitan

1 entries
  • canon noun (artillery piece)

Old East Slavic

2 entries
  • пушка noun (artillery piece)
  • пушька noun (artillery piece)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • طوپ noun (artillery piece)

Pashto

1 entries
  • توپ noun (artillery piece)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kanoon noun (artillery piece)

Polish

3 entries
  • armata noun (artillery piece)
  • działo noun (artillery piece)
  • karambol noun (billiard shot)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • canhão noun (artillery piece)

Quechua

2 entries
  • hatun illapa noun (artillery piece)
  • kañun noun (artillery piece)

Romanian

1 entries
  • tun noun (artillery piece)

Russian

3 entries
  • карамбо́ль noun (billiard shot)
  • ору́дие noun (artillery piece)
  • пу́шка noun (artillery piece)

Samogitian

1 entries
  • armata noun (artillery piece)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • नळिकम् noun (artillery piece)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • tȍp noun (artillery piece)
  • то̏п noun (artillery piece)

Slovak

1 entries
  • delo noun (artillery piece)

Slovene

1 entries
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Spanish

1 entries
  • cañón noun (artillery piece)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mzinga noun (artillery piece)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kanon noun (artillery piece)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kanyon noun (artillery piece)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тӯп noun (artillery piece)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • rburqi noun (artillery piece)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఫిరంగి noun (artillery piece)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปืนใหญ่ noun (artillery piece)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • መድፍዕ noun (artillery piece)

Turkish

2 entries
  • savaş topu noun (artillery piece)
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • top noun (artillery piece)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • гарма́та noun (artillery piece)

Urdu

1 entries
  • توپ noun (artillery piece)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • توپ noun (artillery piece)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • toʻp noun (artillery piece)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • pháo noun (artillery piece)
  • súng thần công noun (artillery piece)
  • đại pháo noun (artillery piece)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kän noun (artillery piece)

Welsh

2 entries
  • canon noun (artillery piece)
  • canonau noun (artillery piece)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • bauq noun (artillery piece)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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The cannon went off by accident.

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Never use a cannon to kill a fly.

Source: tatoeba (458038)

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.

Source: tatoeba (907014)

This church was destroyed by cannon fire.

Source: tatoeba (1214254)

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