English–French
“silk worker” in French
French
Pronunciation
IPA/kany/
Example
Un canut tissait de la soie.
A silk worker was weaving silk.
How to say “silk worker” in French
“Silk worker” in French is canut.
A nineteenth-century Lyon silk weaver whose craft is tied to the city's workshop economy.
Example sentences with canut
Tu connais les canuts de Lyon ?
Do you know Lyon's silk workers?
Tips for using canut
- In historical writing, canut often appears in les révoltes des canuts, referring to the Lyon silk workers' uprisings.