canary

Meaning of canary

noun
  1. a mainly African finch with a melodious song, typically having yellowish-green plumage. One kind is popular as a cage bird and has been bred in a variety of colours, especially bright yellow.
  2. a bright yellow colour resembling the plumage of a canary.
    villas painted in canary yellow
    a canary waistcoat
  3. a sweet wine from the Canary Islands, similar to Madeira.

late 16th century: from French canari, from Spanish canario ‘canary’ or ‘person from the Canary Islands’ (see Canary Islands).

Information about canary

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of canary is: canaries.
  • Languages ​​in which canary is used:

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Hyphenation of canary

ca-nary

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • canary is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

canary synonyms

Meaning fink:

fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker

Translation of canary

Anagrams of canary

Carnay, Cynara, cynara

Words that rhyme with canary

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