canter
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.tɚ/, [ˈkɛən.tɚ]
- Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
Noun
[edit]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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]gait
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Verb
[edit]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
[edit]Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]canter (plural canters)
- One who cants or whines; a beggar.
- One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- The days when he was a canter and a rebel.
- 1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:
- From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]canter
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
[edit]canter
Old French
[edit]Verb
[edit]canter
- (northern) Alternative form of chanter
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Li Eveske canta la messe
- The bishop performed mass
Conjugation
[edit]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.
Conjugation of canter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | canter | avoir canté | |||||
gerund | en cantant | gerund of avoir past participle | |||||
present participle | cantant | ||||||
past participle | canté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | cant | cantes | cante | cantons | cantez | cantent |
imperfect | cantoie, canteie, cantoe, canteve | cantoies, canteies, cantoes, canteves | cantoit, canteit, cantot, canteve | cantiiens, cantiens | cantiiez, cantiez | cantoient, canteient, cantoent, cantevent | |
preterite | cantai | cantas | canta | cantames | cantastes | canterent | |
future | canterai | canteras | cantera | canterons | canteroiz, cantereiz, canterez | canteront | |
conditional | canteroie, cantereie | canteroies, cantereies | canteroit, cantereit | canteriiens, canteriens | canteriiez, canteriez | canteroient, cantereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | cant | canz | cant | cantons | cantez | cantent |
imperfect | cantasse | cantasses | cantast | cantissons, cantissiens | cantissoiz, cantissez, cantissiez | cantassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | cante | — | cantons | cantez | — |
Picard
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French canter, from Latin cantāre.
Verb
[edit]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.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | canter | ||||||
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gerund | cantint | ||||||
auxiliary | avoèr | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cantè | cantèe | |||||
plural | cantès | cantèes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | ej (j') | tu (t') | i (il)/ale | (n)os | os | is | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantons | cantez | cantte | |
imperfect | cantoé | cantoés | cantoét | cantoinmes | cantoètes | cantoètte | |
future | cantrai cantro |
cantros | cantro | cantrons | cantrez | cantront | |
conditional | cantroé | cantroés | cantroét | cantroinmes | cantroètes | cantroètte | |
subjunctive | qu'ej (j') | qu'tu (t') | qu'i (il)/ale | qu'(n)os | qu'os | qu'is | |
present | cante | cantes | cante | cantonche | cantèche | cantte | |
imperative | — | tu | — | (n)os | os | — | |
affirmative | cante | cantons | cantez |
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