cananeu
Portuguese, noun/ka.naˈnew/
cananeu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Canaanite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente ao povo, à língua ou à região da antiga Canaã”.
What does cananeu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Canaanite
noun
- 1
masculineCanaanite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. natural ou habitante da antiga Canaã (Palestina) 2. grupo de línguas semíticas de que fazem parte o fenício e o hebraico 3. língua falada na terra de Canaã antes da conquista israelita
noun: 1. referente ao povo, à língua ou à região da antiga Canaã
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cananeu
- cananeia feminine
- cananeus masculine plural
- cananeias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cananeu?
- Brazil /ka.naˈnew/
- Brazil [ka.naˈneʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐ.nɐˈnew/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cananeu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cananeu in Portuguese?
cananeu appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).