CNN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɛnɛn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

CNN

1. Initialism of Cable News Network: an American news television channel.
   • 2023 May 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 20 April 2025:

     Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review.

Derived terms

• CNN effect
• CNNer
• CNNesque
• CNN opera

Translations

Cable News Network

• Arabic: سي إن إن (sī ʔin ʔin), CNN (ar)
• French: CNN (fr) m or f
• German: CNN (de) f or n
• Italian: CNN (it) f
• Japanese: CNN (shī enu enu)
• Polish: CNN (pl) n
• Russian: CNN
• Spanish: CNN f

Noun

CNN (plural CNNs)

1. (machine learning) Initialism of convolutional neural network.

   Coordinate terms: ANN, RNN

Derived terms

• DCNN

Further reading

• CNN (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From English CNN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se ɛn ɛn/, /si ɛn ɛn/

Proper noun

CNN m or f

1. CNN (Cable News Network)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English CNN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθe ˌene ˈene/ [ˌθe ˌe.ne ˈe.ne] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌse ˌene ˈene/ [ˌse ˌe.ne ˈe.ne] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: CNN

Proper noun

CNN f

1. CNN (Cable News Network)
   • 2025 June 20, Randi Kaye and David von Blohn, “El ICE renueva acuerdo con el centro de detención que, según la agencia, no cumplía las normas”, in CNN en Español‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 February 2026:

     Cuando CNN preguntó al DHS al respecto, la vicesecretaria Tricia McLaughlin respondió con un comunicado, diciendo en parte: […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)