different between canoer vs canter

English

Etymology

canoe +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u??(?)

Noun

canoer (plural canoers)

1. One who travels by canoe.

Synonyms

• canoeist

Translations

Anagrams

• Carone, ceroan, cornea, earcon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kænt?(?)/
• Rhymes: -ænt?(?)

Etymology 1

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Noun

canter (plural canters)

1. A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
2. A ride on a horse at such speed.

Translations

Verb

canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)

1. (intransitive) To move at such pace.
2. (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Derived terms

• in a canter, at a canter

Translations

Etymology 2

cant +? -er

Noun

canter (plural canters)

1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Anagrams

• Cretan, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance

Latin

Verb

canter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cant?

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

canter

1. (nautical) to list
2. (reflexive) to lean

Old French

Etymology

Latin cant?.

Verb

canter

1. (Northern dialect) Alternative form of chanter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Picard

Etymology

From Old French canter, northern variant of Old French chanter, from Vulgar Latin *cant?.

Verb

canter

1. to sing

   Ej vouroè prinde ed ches lchons por aprinde à canter conme i feut.

   I would like to take some lessons to learn to sing correctly.

Conjugation