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Kankan (קנקן) means pitcher in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

קַנְקַן
kankan
noun · masculine
In English

pitcher

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ק

The dictionary gives one meaning for Kankan.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    כלי קיבול לאחסון נוזלים, ולו נפח של מספר כוסות שתיה. לרוב בעל ידית ופִּיָּה.

The word Kankan is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
קַנְקַן
Written without vowel points
קנקן
Said
kankan
Pattern
קַלְקַל
Plural
קַנְקַנִּים
Inflections
קַנְקַן־; ר' קַנְקַנִּים, קַנְקַנֵּי־
Gematria
300

This is how Kankan is said in other languages.

English
pitcher
Arabic
إبْرِيق

These words mean nearly the same as Kankan.

A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.

These words rhyme with Kankan.

The word Kankan is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • אל תסתכל בקנקן אלא במה שיש בו
  • קנקן התה של ראסל
  • קנקן חדש מלא ישן
  • קנקן שפת צווארון
  • תהה על קנקנו

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These words come before and after Kankan in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Kankan.

What does Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) means pitcher. It is said kankan, with the stress on kan.

What is a synonym for Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) are ⁨כד⁩, ⁨קיתון⁩, and ⁨אמפורה⁩.

What rhymes with Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) include ⁨זמן⁩, ⁨חמצן⁩, ⁨מימן⁩, ⁨לבן⁩, ⁨עניין⁩, and ⁨פחמן⁩.

Is Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kankan (⁨קנקן⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨קַנְקַנִּים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry קנקן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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