cantó

See also: canto, Canto, and cantò

Asturian

Verb

cantó

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of cantar

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cantus (“rim of a wheel”), a word of Gaulish origin derived from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”). Possibly a borrowing of Italian cantone by means of Occitan and Old French canton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kənˈtu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kənˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kanˈto]
• Homophone: cantor
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

cantó m (plural cantons)

1. edge
2. side

   Synonyms: banda, costa

3. canton (administrative area)
4. (heraldry) canton

Derived terms

• cantonada
• cantonal
• cantoner
• escantonar

Related terms

• cantal

Further reading

• “cantó”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cantó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cantó” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cantó”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈto/ [kãn̪ˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: can‧tó

Verb

cantó

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of cantar