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Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
canter (plural canters)
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canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)
canter (plural canters)
canter
From Old French canter.
canter
infinitive | canter | ||||||
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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. |
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
canter
canter
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.
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 | — |
From Old French canter, from Latin cantāre.
canter
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 |