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Meaning of canālis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[kaˈnaː.lɪs]

Definitions

  1. a pipe, spout, channel, conduit
    declension-3
  2. a gutter, ditch
    declension-3
  3. a groove, channel, canal, conduit, duct
    declension-3

Equivalents

English Conduit Ditch Groove gutter pipe spout

Examples

“Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora, Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae, Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam; […] Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900 When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought, And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song, Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools, From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave: […]”
“mellaque harundineis inferre canalibus”

[…] and give them honey through reed pipes

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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