cancán
Spanish, noun/kanˈkan/
cancán is spelled C-A-N-C-Á-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cancán is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cancan (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Baile de alta energía y exigencia física que se convirtió en un conocido music hall en la década de 1840…”.
What does cancán mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecancan (dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Baile de alta energía y exigencia física que se convirtió en un conocido music hall en la década de 1840, continuando su popularidad en el cabaré francés hasta nuestros días. 2. Enagua con mucho vuelo que ahueca la falda.
noun: 1. Especie de loro que no aprende a hablar.
noun: 1. Molestia, fastidio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cancán
- cancanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cancán?
- /kanˈkan/
- [kãŋˈkãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cancán in Spanish?
cancán appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).