canter

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæntə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.

Noun

canter (plural canters)

1. 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.
2. A ride on a horse at such speed.

Translations

gait

• Finnish: laukka (fi)
• Norwegian: galopp (no) m

• Polish: galop (pl) m
• Russian: кентер (ru) (kenter) m

ride

• Finnish: laukka (fi)
• Norwegian: galopp (no) m

• Polish: galop (pl) m

Verb

canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)

1. (intransitive) To move at such pace.
2. (intransitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Derived terms

• in a canter, at a canter

Translations

to gait

• Finnish: laukata (fi)
• Norwegian: galoppere (no)

• Polish: galopować

Etymology 2

cant +‎ -er

Noun

canter (plural canters)

1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
   • Macaulay

     The day when he was a canter and a rebel.

Anagrams

• carnet, centra, Cretan, nectar, recant, trance

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Jèrriais

Etymology

Verb

canter

1. (nautical) to list
2. (reflexive) to lean

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Latin

Verb

canter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of canto

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Old French

Etymology

Latin cantō.

Verb

canter

1. (Northern dialect) Alternative form of chanter.
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Li Eveske canta la messe

     The bishop performed mass

Conjugation

• 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
infinitive		canter			avoir canté, cantez
gerund		en cantant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		cantant
past participle		canté, cantez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	cante, cant	cantes, cants	cante, cant	cantons	cantez, cantés	cantent
	imperfect	cantoe, canteie, cantoie	cantoes, canteies, cantoies	cantot, canteit, cantoit	cantions, cantiions	cantiez, cantiiez	cantoent, cantient, cantoient
	past historic	cantai	cantas	canta	cantames	cantastes	canterent
	future	canterai	canteras	cantera	canterons	canterez, cantereiz	canteront
	conditional	canteroe, cantereie, canteroie	canteroes, cantereies, canteroies	canterot, cantereie, canteroie	canterions, canteriions	canteriez, canteriiez	canteroent, cantereient, canteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	cante, cant	cantes, cants	cante, cant	cantons	cantez	cantent
	imperfect	cantasse	cantasses	cantast	cantissons	cantissez, cantissiez	cantassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	cante	—	cantons	cantez	—