different between kanton vs canton

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 1

1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.

Alternative forms

• kanton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæntn?/
• IPA^(key): /?kænt?n/ (especially in the flag sense)

Noun

canton (plural cantons)

2. A division of a political unit.
   • 1912, Joseph McCabe (translator), We Must Take Sides; or, The Principal of Action (originally by Voltaire)

     These three millions live in a small canton of Egypt which cannot maintain twenty thousand people

   • 20 May, 1686, Gilbert Burnet, letter from Nimmengen

   2. One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
   3. A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
   4. A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
   5. (obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
3. A small community or clan.
4. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
6. (heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

Translations

Verb

canton (third-person singular simple present cantons, present participle cantoning, simple past and past participle cantoned)

1. (transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
2. (transitive) To divide into cantons.
3. (transitive) To allot quarters to troops.

Etymology 2

Noun

canton (plural cantons)

1. (obsolete) A song or canto.

Anagrams

• Conant, Nacton, cannot, noncat

French

Etymology

From Middle French canton, from Old French canton (from the 1240s), from Old Occitan canton (“corner; canton”) (recorded before 1218), adopted in Occitan from North Italian (Gallo-Italic, early Lombard) cantone (“edge, corner; canton”), ultimately representing Latin cant- (“rim (of a wheel)”) with the addition of the -? (accusative -?nem) suffix forming augmentatives in Romance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.t??/

Noun

canton m (plural cantons)

1. canton (of Switzerland, France or Luxembourg)
2. township (of Canada)
3. (heraldry) canton

Descendants

• ? German: Kanton

Further reading

• “canton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Etymology

From Gallo-Italic cantone. From canto + -one. Related to Latin canthus (“rim (of a wheel)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?tu/

Noun

canton m (plural cantons)

1. corner
2. canton

Derived terms

• cantonal
• cantonar
• cantonada

Romanian

Etymology

From French canton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?ton/

Noun

canton n (plural cantoane)

1. canton

Declension

Derived terms

• cantonal

Further reading

• canton in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Venetian

Noun

canton m (plural cantoni)

1. corner

Derived terms

• cantonzsin