Cayenne

See also: cayenne

English

Etymology

From French Cayenne, a form of Guyana. But said by the French to be from French cayenne (“naval barracks, shore kitchen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɪˈɛn/, /keɪˈɛn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Cayenne

1. The capital city of the French Guiana department.

Derived terms

• Cayenne cherry

 

Translations

capital city of French Guiana

• Antillean Creole: Kayenn, Kayèn
• Arabic: كَايِين m (kayīn)
• Catalan: Caiena f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開雲／开云 (zh) (Kāiyún), 卡宴 (zh) (Kǎyàn)

• Czech: Cayenne n
• Dutch: Cayenne (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kajeno
• Franco-Provençal: Cayene f
• French: Cayenne (fr) f
• Galician: Cayenne (gl)
• German: Cayenne (de) n
• Guianese Creole: Kayenn f
• Haitian Creole: Kayèn
• Italian: Caienna f
• Japanese: カイエンヌ (Kaiennu)
• Korean: 카옌 (ko) (Kayen)
• Latin: Caienna f
• Marathi: कायेन n (kāyen), काजेन (kājen)
• Occitan: Caièna f
• Polish: Kajenna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Caiena (pt)
• Russian: Кайе́нна f (Kajénna)
• Sardinian: Cajenna f
• Spanish: Cayena (es) f
• Vietnamese: Cay-en

See also

• cayenne

Further reading

• Cayenne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkajɛn]

Proper noun

Cayenne n (indeclinable, related adjective cayennský)

1. Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)

Further reading

• “Cayenne”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Etymology

From cayenne (“navy barracks”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.jɛn/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Cayenne f

1. Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)

See also

• piment de Cayenne
• poivre de Cayenne

Further reading

• Cayenne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈjɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Cayenne n (proper noun, genitive Cayennes or (optionally with an article) Cayenne)

1. Cayenne (the capital city of the French Guiana department)