canaanite
/ˈkeɪnənaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.42 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians.
adj
Of or pertaining to the people or language of Canaan.
adj
Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers; Canaanitic.
Example Sentences
- "An affricated realization of *-z, as well as of voiceless *-s and emphatic *-ṣ-, is in any case reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, Northwest Semitic, and Canaanite, to which Phoenician belongs."
- "Among the ancient Canaanites it was considered a divine honor to perform the sexual act."
- "It’s a simple sentence that captures the hopes and fears of modern-day parents as much as the bronze age Canaanite who owned the doubled-edged ivory comb on which the words appear."
- "Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Canaan Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Canaanite From Canaan + -ite.
Inflected Forms
Cananite (alternative)
Canaanites (plural)
more Canaanite (comparative)
most Canaanite (superlative)