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English

Noun

kanton (plural kantons)

1. Alternative form of canton

Czech

Etymology

From French canton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kanton]
• Hyphenation: kan?ton

Noun

kanton m inan

1. canton

Declension

Derived terms

• kantonální

Further reading

• kanton in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kanton in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• kanton in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

kanton c (singular definite kantonen, plural indefinite kantoner)

1. canton

Declension

Derived terms

• kantonal

Further reading

• “kanton” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “kanton” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

kanton n (plural kantons, diminutive kantonnetje n)

1. canton

Derived terms

• kantonnaal

References

• “kanton” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Esperanto

Noun

kanton

1. accusative singular of kanto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?nton]
• Hyphenation: kan?ton
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

kanton (plural kantonok)

1. canton (state of Switzerland)
2. canton (subdivision of an arrondissement of France)

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

kanton

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Polish

Etymology

From French canton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan.t?n/

Noun

kanton m inan

1. canton

Declension

Derived terms

• kantonalny

Further reading

• kanton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

kanton m ?

1. canton

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kantonalen

Further reading

• “kanton”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Noun

kanton c

1. a canton (state of Switzerland)
2. a canton (heraldry)

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From French canton.

Noun

kanton (definite accusative kantonu, plural kantonlar)

1. canton

English

Etymology

From Italian canto (“song”). Doublet of chant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kænt??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kænto?/
• Rhymes: -ænt??

Noun

canto (plural cantos)

1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2. (music) The treble or leading melody.

Translations

Anagrams

• Acton, Caton, act on, acton, octan

Asturian

Verb

canto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cantar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?kan.to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?kan.tu/

Verb

canto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of cantar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kanto?/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus.

Noun

canto m (uncountable)

1. singing
2. hymn, song

Verb

canto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cantar

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese canto (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia and having a probable Celtic origin.

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. middle or small sized stone
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:

     [Et] poserõ perlos muros beesteyros et arque[yro]s muytos et outros, pera deytar quantos et paos agudos metudos en ferros, en guisa que os que se quisesem chegar ao muro nõ podesem escapar de morte

     And they arranged many crossbowmen and bowmen on the walls, an others to throw stones and sharp sticks inserted in irons, so as the ones who wanted to come near the wall could not escape death

   Synonym: callao

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Documented already in Latin as canthus (“metal tire”), voice that was interpreted as Hispanic or African by Quintilian; in that case, from a hypothetical Proto-Celtic *kantos (confer Welsh cant (“rim”)). Otherwise Latin canthus could perhaps come from Ancient Greek ?????? (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. rim of a round object

   Synonym: bordo

2. extreme of a place
3. corner

   Synonym: recanto

Derived terms

References

• “canto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “canto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “canto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “canto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “canto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Noun

canto (plural cantos)

1. song

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin cantus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan.to/

Noun

canto m (plural canti)

1. song
2. singing

Related terms

Descendants

• English: bel canto

Etymology 2

From Latin canthus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kanthós), meaning corner, specifically the corner of the eye. Or from a Vulgar Latin *cantus, a word of Mediterranean origin akin to the aforementioned Greek term

Noun

canto m (plural canti)

1. corner
2. side

Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

canto

1. first-person singular present indicative of cantare

Anagrams

• conta

References

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kan.to?/, [?kän?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kan.to/, [?k?n?t??]

Etymology 1

From can? (“I sing”) +? -t? (frequentative suffix). See cantus.

Verb

cant? (present infinitive cant?re, perfect active cant?v?, supine cant?tum); first conjugation

1. I sing (all senses)
2. I enchant, or call forth by charms, chant

Usage notes

The sense of cant? essentially coincides with that of can? with the additional possible sense of the practice of charms or enchantments.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

cant?

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cantus

References

• canto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• canto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• canto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k??.tu/
• Hyphenation: can?to

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus (“song; singing”), perfect passive participle of can? (“I sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognate of English chant

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)

   Synonym: cantoria

2. chant
3. a bird’s song

   Synonym: canção

4. (figuratively) any pleasant sound
5. (poetry) canto

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin canthus or Vulgar Latin *cantus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. corner (space in the angle between converging lines or surfaces)

   Synonyms: ângulo, esquina, quina

2. a remote location

   Synonyms: recanto, retiro

3. an undetermined or unknown location
4. (sports) the corner of the goal line and touchline
   1. (soccer) corner (a corner kick)

      Synonym: pontapé de canto

6. (architecture) type of stone used in the corners of a building

Derived terms

• por todo canto

Related terms

• canteiro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

canto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of cantar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kanto/, [?kãn?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin cantus.

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. singing
2. song
3. chant

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin canthus (“metal rim of a wheel”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (kanthós), or from a Vulgar Latin cantus, of ultimately the same origin, or less likely Celtic origin, from Gaulish *cantos, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh?nd?-.

Noun

canto m (plural cantos)

1. edge
2. side
3. (rare) thickness
4. a piece of stone
5. (anatomy) canthus

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: kanto
• ? Tagalog: kanto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

canto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cantar.

Further reading

• “canto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.