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canter
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)
- 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.
- 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)
- (intransitive) To move at such pace.
- (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)
- One who cants or whines; a beggar.
- One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
Anagrams
- Cretan, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance
Latin
Verb
canter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cant?
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
canter
- (nautical) to list
- (reflexive) to lean
Old French
Etymology
Latin cant?.
Verb
canter
- (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
- 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.
- Ej vouroè prinde ed ches lchons por aprinde à canter conme i feut.
Conjugation
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cantering
English
Verb
cantering
- present participle of canter
Noun
cantering (plural canterings)
- Movement at a canter.
- 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
- Here are no canterings upon moonlit heaths, no merry-makings in the snuggest of all possible caverns, none of the attractions of dress, no embroidery, no lace, no jack-boots, no crimson coats and ruffles, none of the dash and freedom with which "the road" has been, time out of mind, invested.
- 1837-39, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Anagrams
- nectaring, recanting, trangenic
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