cant

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• rhymes with -ænt
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From Middle English cant, kaunt, presumably from Middle Low German *kant, perhaps a slang word related to kant (“edge, rim”), from Medieval Latin canthus. Attested from the 13th or 14th century.

As a German surname, variant of Kant.

From Latin cantō, probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant.

From Middle English cant (“edge, brink”), from Middle Dutch cant (“point, side, edge”) (Modern Dutch kant (“side, edge”)), ultimately of Celtic or Latin origin. Related to Medieval Latin cantus (“corner, side”), from Latin canthus.

Unknown, but compare Provençal cantel (“corner, piece”) or Old Northern French cantel (“piece broken off”). The verb is attested from the 15th century, and the noun from the 16th. See cantle, from which cant is possibly back-formed as if it contained the suffix -le.

155 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: ঠাৰ (thar) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Bulgarian: жарго́н (žargón) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Danish: jargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Dutch: vaktaal — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Dutch: jargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Esperanto: sekreta lingvo — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Esperanto: kriptolekto — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Esperanto: kaŝlingvo — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Finnish: slangi — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Finnish: jargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Galician: barallete — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• German: Fachsprache — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• German: Jargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Hungarian: zsargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Italian: gergo — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Italian: parlata — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Korean: 은어 (euneo) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Korean: 변말 (byeonmal) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Korean: 수어 (sueo) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Macedonian: жа́ргон (žárgon) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjargong — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Polish: żargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Portuguese: jargão — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Russian: жарго́н (žargón) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Russian: блатно́й язы́к (blatnój jazýk) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Russian: фе́ня (fénja) — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Spanish: argot — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Spanish: jerga — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Turkish: jargon — jargon of a particular class or subgroup
• Armenian: ծածկալեզու (cackalezu) — secret language
• Assamese: ঠাৰ (thar) — secret language
• Catalan: argot — secret language
• Dutch: Bargoens — secret language
• Dutch: boeventaal — secret language
• Finnish: salakieli — secret language
• French: argot — secret language
• Galician: barellete — secret language
• German: Gaunersprache — secret language
• German: Rotwelsch — secret language
• Hungarian: tolvajnyelv — secret language
• Hungarian: zsargon — secret language
• Hungarian: argó — secret language
• Hungarian: csibésznyelv — secret language
• Hungarian: jassznyelv — secret language
• Hungarian: fattyúnyelv — secret language
• Italian: gergo — secret language
• Italian: codice — secret language
• Italian: linguaggio segreto — secret language
• Japanese: 隠語 (ingo) — secret language
• Korean: 속어 [俗語] (sogeo) — secret language
• Korean: 상말 (sangmal) — secret language
• Korean: 비속어 (bisogeo) — secret language
• Korean: 속언 (sogeon) — secret language
• Korean: 속화 (sokhwa) — secret language
• Macedonian: та́ен ја́зик (táen jázik) — secret language
• Portuguese: código — secret language
• Portuguese: criptoleto — secret language
• Russian: та́йный язы́к (tájnyj jazýk) — secret language
• Spanish: argot — secret language
• Spanish: jerga — secret language
• Spanish: coa — secret language
• Bulgarian: лицеме́рие (licemérie) — hypocritical talk
• Czech: pokrytecké fráze — hypocritical talk
• Danish: floskler — hypocritical talk
• Danish: tomme fraser — hypocritical talk
• Dutch: huicheltaal — hypocritical talk
• Finnish: hurskastelu — hypocritical talk
• Finnish: höpöpuhe — hypocritical talk
• French: langue de bois — hypocritical talk
• French: blabla — hypocritical talk
• German: Phrasendrescherrei — hypocritical talk
• German: Phrase — hypocritical talk
• Hungarian: álszenteskedés — hypocritical talk
• Hungarian: frázispufogtatás — hypocritical talk
• Italian: ipocrisia — hypocritical talk
• Japanese: 偽善的な言い方 (gizentekina iikata) — hypocritical talk
• Japanese: 口先だけの言葉 (kuchisaki-dakeno kotoba) — hypocritical talk
• Korean: 위선적인 말 (wiseonjeogin mal) — hypocritical talk
• Macedonian: лицеме́рие (licemérie) — hypocritical talk
• Norwegian Bokmål: hykling — hypocritical talk
• Russian: лицеме́рие (licemérije) — hypocritical talk
• Russian: ха́нжество (xánžestvo) — hypocritical talk
• Swedish: floskler — hypocritical talk
• Swedish: klyschor — hypocritical talk
• Swedish: tomma fraser — hypocritical talk
• Czech: mumlání žebráků — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Dutch: bedelaarsgekerm — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Finnish: mankuminen — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• French: lamentation — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Hungarian: kántálás — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Hungarian: siránkozás — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Hungarian: szenvelgés — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Italian: cantilena — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Norwegian Bokmål: sutrestemme — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Norwegian Bokmål: klaging — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Russian: нытьё (nytʹjó) — whining speech, such as that used by beggars
• Dutch: sprekend wapen — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• Finnish: puhuva vaakuna — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• French: armes parlantes — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• German: Redendes Wappen — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• Italian: arma parlante — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• Norwegian Bokmål: talende våpen — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• Swedish: talande vapen — heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
• Bulgarian: наклон (naklon) — angle at which something is set
• Czech: sklon — angle at which something is set
• Czech: náklon — angle at which something is set
• Dutch: helling — angle at which something is set
• Finnish: kaltevuus — angle at which something is set
• Finnish: kallistus — angle at which something is set
• Hungarian: dőlésszög — angle at which something is set
• Italian: inclinazione — angle at which something is set
• Japanese: 斜面 (shamen) — angle at which something is set
• Japanese: 傾斜 (keisha) — angle at which something is set
• Macedonian: на́клон (náklon) — angle at which something is set
• Czech: sklon — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Czech: náklon — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Finnish: viiste — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Hungarian: dőlés — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Hungarian: ferdeség — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Hungarian: rézsútosság — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Hungarian: lejtés — an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt
• Bulgarian: преобръщане (preobrǎštane) — movement that overturns
• Finnish: kumoaminen — movement that overturns
• Finnish: kääntö — movement that overturns
• Hungarian: billenés — movement that overturns
• Hungarian: billentés — movement that overturns
• Hungarian: megdöntés — movement that overturns
• Hungarian: lökés — movement that overturns
• Macedonian: преврту́вање (prevrtúvanje) — movement that overturns
• Russian: перевёртывание (perevjórtyvanije) — movement that overturns
• Bulgarian: накланям (naklanjam) — set something at an angle
• Czech: naklonit — set something at an angle
• Czech: sklonit — set something at an angle
• Dutch: neigen — set something at an angle
• Dutch: kantelen — set something at an angle
• Finnish: kallistaa — set something at an angle
• French: canter — set something at an angle
• French: incliner — set something at an angle
• German: kanten — set something at an angle
• German: kippen — set something at an angle
• Hungarian: dönt — set something at an angle
• Hungarian: megdönt — set something at an angle
• Hungarian: billent — set something at an angle
• Hungarian: megbillent — set something at an angle
• Macedonian: на́криви (nákrivi) — set something at an angle
• Norwegian Bokmål: kante — set something at an angle
• Russian: кантовать (kantovatʹ) — set something at an angle
• Bulgarian: окантвам (okantvam) — to bevel an edge or corner
• Czech: zkosit — to bevel an edge or corner
• Finnish: viistää — to bevel an edge or corner
• German: abschrägen — to bevel an edge or corner
• Hungarian: ferdén — to bevel an edge or corner
• Hungarian: rézsútosanvág — to bevel an edge or corner
• Hungarian: ferdére vág — to bevel an edge or corner
• Russian: кантовать (kantovatʹ) — to bevel an edge or corner