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canter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæn.tə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkɛən.tɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkæn.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

counter-canter

Translations (19)

es medio galope (gait) · pl galop (ride) · no galopp (gait) · pl galop (gait) · cs cval (gait) · nl galop (gait) · no galopp (ride) · nl arbeidsgalop (gait) · fr petit galop (gait) · ru кентер (gait) · de leichter Galopp (gait) · ota اشكین (gait) · hu kenter (gait) · br daoulamm (gait) · cs jízda cvalem (ride) · fi laukka (gait) · de Kanter (gait) · fi laukka (ride) · tr eşkin (gait)

canter en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæn.tə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkɛən.tɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkæn.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

in a canter · at a canter · counter-canter · canterer

Synonyms

lope

Translations (4)

fi laukata (to gait) · no galoppere (to gait) · cs cválat (to gait) · pl galopować (to gait)

canter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæn.tə/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈkɛən.tɚ] (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈkæn.tɚ/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English cant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English canter From cant + -er.

Meanings

1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.
2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
   • The days when he was a canter and a rebel. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
   • From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses. 1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:

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