canter
English edit
Pronunciation edit
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.
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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.
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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.
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Latin edit
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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 |