canvas

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæn.vəs/ (Nigeria) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.væs/ Homophone: canvass Hyphenation: can‧vas === Etymology 1 === From Middle English canevas, from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French canevas (compare Old French chanevas, chenevas) from a root derived from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare French canevas, resulting from a blend of the Old French and a Picard dialect word, itself from Old Northern French. Doublet of cannabis and hemp. ==== Noun ==== canvas (plural canvases or canvasses) (see usage notes) A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp (traditionally) or from cotton and polyesters, useful for making sails, tents, and overcoats or as a surface for paintings. Hypernyms: cloth, fabric, textile, material (fabric sense) < material (matter sense), matter, stuff Hyponym: tarpaulin (tarred canvas sense) Coordinate terms: sailcloth, sailduck, duck, duckcloth, pilot cloth, hessian, burlap (painting) A piece of such cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint an artwork. A mesh of loosely woven cotton strands or molded plastic to be decorated with needlepoint, cross-stitch, rug hooking, or other crafts. (figuratively) A basis for creative work. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered. (nautical) Sails in general. A tent. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. (Nigeria) Athletic shoes. ===== Usage notes ===== The plural canvases is used in the US. The plural canvasses is sometimes used in the UK and some UK-influenced areas, but all major British dictionaries (Oxford, Cambridge, Collins and Chambers) consider canvases the correct or standard plural. ===== Alternative forms ===== canvass (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== canvas (third-person singular simple present canvases, present participle canvasing, simple past and past participle canvased) (transitive) To cover (an area or object) with canvas. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === A variant of canvass. ==== Verb ==== canvas (third-person singular simple present canvases, present participle canvasing, simple past and past participle canvased) Obsolete spelling of canvass. [16th–18th c.] ==== Noun ==== canvas (plural canvases) Obsolete spelling of canvass. [17th–18th c.] == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch canevas, from Old Northern French canevas, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). The spelling was lated influenced by English canvas. Doublet of cannabis and hennep. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.vɑs/ Hyphenation: can‧vas === Noun === canvas n (plural canvassen, no diminutive) canvas, sail Synonym: zeildoek canvas, fabric used for painting Synonym: schilderdoek ==== Related terms ==== cannabis ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: kampas, kanvas == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English canvas. Doublet of cânhamo, cânave, cânabis, and canábis. === Pronunciation === === Noun === canvas m (invariable) (graphical user interface) canvas (area on which graphics are rendered) (business) business model canvas == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkambas/ [ˈkãm.bas] Rhymes: -ambas Syllabification: can‧vas === Noun === canvas m canvas