How to pronounce cancan
American English pronunciation
KAN-kan
- IPA
- /ˈkænˌkæn/
- Syllables
- KAN · kan (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cancan means
A lively stage dance with high kicks and swishing skirts
In a sentence: At the end of the show, the dancers lined up and kicked their legs high in a cancan.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from the French word cancan.
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