different between santon vs kanton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French santon, from Spanish santón.

Noun

santon (plural santons)

1. A Muslim holy man.
   • 1818, John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":

     Part of the building was a chosen see, / Built by a banished santon of Chaldee [...].

2. In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 49:

     Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.

Anagrams

• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-

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