Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cann

/kˈæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: cann
IPA: /kˈæn/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of can (“container”).

Obsolete

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He out his Dagger drew; / Cuts-plutter-a-nails, quoth Taffy then, / A Welchman is a Shentleman, / Come Hostess fill's the other Cann, / For Joan's Ale, &c."

Etymology

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, cann

Usage

Inflected Forms

canns (plural)

Phrases

Cann River

Homonyms

kann cahn kanne

Rhymes With

an can than man one-man plan began san fan japan ran van

Questions

How do you pronounce cann?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈæn/.
What does cann mean?: Obsolete spelling of can (“container”).
Where does cann come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce cann

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