canasta
French, noun/ka.nas.ta/
canasta is a French feminine noun meaning “canasta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu de cartes qui utilise cent-huit cartes où le but est de marquer 5000 points en formant des rangées et des…”.
What does canasta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanasta
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu de cartes qui utilise cent-huit cartes où le but est de marquer 5000 points en formant des rangées et des colonnes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce canasta?
- /ka.nas.ta/
- \ka.nas.ta\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canasta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canasta in French?
canasta appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).