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English

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Pronunciation

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.
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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. (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
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Etymology 2

From 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.

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Latin

Verb

canter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cantō

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French canter.

Verb

canter

  1. (transitive) to sing
Conjugation
    Conjugation of the verb canter in Norman
infinitive canter
gerund cantant
auxiliary aveir1
past participle masculine feminine
singular canté cantée
plural cantés cantées
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative jeo (j') tu (t') il, elle,
on 		nos vos il, elles
present cante cantes cante cantoms cantez cantent
imperfect canteis
cantos2 		canteis
cantos2 		canteit
cantot2 		cantioms cantiez canteient
cantoent2
preterite cantai cantas canta cantâmes cantâtes cantèrent
future canterai canteras cantera canteroms canterez canteront
conditional cantereis cantereis cantereit canterioms canteriez cantereient
subjunctive que jeo (j') que tu (t') qu'il, qu'elle,
qu'on 		que nos que vos qu'il, qu'elles
present cante cantes cante cantioms cantiez cantent
imperfect cantasse cantasses cantât
cantasse 		cantassioms cantassiez cantassent
imperative — tu — nos vos —
cante cantoms cantez
1Used with past participles.
2Archaic or literary forms.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

canter

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

Old French

Verb

canter

  1. (northern) alternative form of chanter

Conjugation

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
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

Etymology

From Old French canter, from Latin cantāre.

Verb

canter

  1. 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

    Conjugation in Picard
infinitive canter
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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