canil
Portuguese, noun/kɐ̃ˈniw/
canil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kennel (facility at which dogs are reared or boarded)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrigo para cães”.
What does canil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekennel (facility at which dogs are reared or boarded)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abrigo para cães
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 canil
- canis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canil?
- Brazil /kɐ̃ˈniw/
- Brazil [kɐ̃ˈniʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɐˈnil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canil in Portuguese?
canil appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).