cabane

English

Etymology

From French cabane.[1] Doublet of cabana and cabin.

Noun

cabane (plural cabanes)

  1. (aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.

Translations

References

  1. ^ cabane, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From Middle French cabane (14th c.), from Old Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, which see. Doublet of cabine. Perhaps also related with cahute.

Pronunciation

Noun

cabane f (plural cabanes)

  1. cabin, hut, shack; shed
    Synonyms: cabine, cahute, hutte
  2. (slang) prison
  3. (Louisiana) bed
  4. (Louisiana) workshop
    Synonym: atelier

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: kabann
  • Romanian: cabană
  • Greek: καμπάνα (kampána)

References

  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French cabane (a cabin).

Noun

cabane

  1. (Saint-Domingue) a bed
    Ly malade dans cabane.He is sick in bed.

Descendants

References

  • S. J. Ducœurjoly (1802), Manuel des habitans de Saint-Domingue [Manual of the Inhabitants of Saint-Domingue][1] (in French), Paris