canter
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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.
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)
- (intransitive) To move at such pace.
- (intransitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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.
- Macaulay
- The day when he was a canter and a rebel.
- Macaulay
Anagrams[edit]
Jèrriais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
canter
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
canter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of canto
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
canter
- (Northern dialect) Alternative form of chanter
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circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Li Eveske canta la messe
- The bishop performed mass
- Li Eveske canta la messe
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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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | canter | avoir canté | |||||
| gerund | en cantant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | cantant | ||||||
| past participle | canté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| 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 | 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 preterite 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 | cant | canz | cant | cantons | cantez | cantent |
| imperfect | cantasse | cantasses | cantast | cantissons, cantissiens | cantissoiz, 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 | — | ||
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