canaille

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French canaille. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪ/, /kəˈneɪl/, enPR: kə-nī', kə-nāl' Rhymes: -aɪ, -eɪl Hyphenation: ca‧naille === Noun === canaille (countable and uncountable, plural canailles) (countable, collective) The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:commonalty 1865, John Ruskin, "Of Kings' Treasuries", Unto This Last and Other Writings, Penguin: New York (1997), p. 262 [...] whatever language he knows, he knows precisely; whatever word he pronounces, he pronounces rightly; above all, he is learned in the peerage of words; knows the words of true descent and ancient blood, at a glance, from words of modern canaille; [...] (uncountable, Canada) Shorts or inferior flour. === References === “canaille”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Alliance, alliance, ancillae == Dutch == === Alternative forms === kanalje (archaic, superseded) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. From the sixteenth century onwards. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaːˈnɑ.jə/ Rhymes: -ɑjə Hyphenation: ca‧nail‧le === Noun === canaille n (plural canailles, no diminutive) (uncountable) plebs, scum, riffraff (countable) rascal, jerk, scumbag ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: karnallie → Sranan Tongo: kanari → West Frisian: kanalje == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia. === Pronunciation === (France) IPA(key): /ka.naj/ ~ /ka.nɑj/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɑ̃.naj/ Rhymes: -aj, -ɑj Homophone: canailles === Noun === canaille f (plural canailles) (archaic, derogatory, collectively) rabble, riffraff (also Louisiana) rascal, blackguard, scoundrel, scum (Louisiana) clever person (Louisiana) trickster, prankster ==== Usage notes ==== Masculine or feminine by sense in Louisiana. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Adjective === canaille (plural canailles) raffish scoundrelly (Louisiana) cunning, tricky (Louisiana) mischievous (Louisiana) unruly === Further reading === “canaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) === Anagrams === aclinale, alcaline, alliance, Alliance, encailla