name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
canter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæn.tə/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈkæn.tɚ/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈkɛən.tɚ]
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rhymes with -æntə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A ride on a horse at such speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
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noun
Meaning 5
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To move at such pace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 8
a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gait
verb
Meaning 9
ride at a canter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The men cantered away
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Broader terms: ride horseback
verb
Meaning 10
ride at a cantering pace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He cantered the horse across the meadow
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Broader terms: ride, sit
verb
Meaning 11
go at a canter, of horses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pace
History
Etymology
Short for Canterbury pace, from the supposed easy pace of medieval pilgrims to Canterbury.
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.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Breton: daoulamm — gait
- Czech: cval — gait
- Dutch: galop — gait
- Dutch: arbeidsgalop — gait
- Finnish: laukka — gait
- French: petit galop — gait
- German: Kanter — gait
- German: leichter Galopp — gait
- Hungarian: kenter — gait
- Norwegian: galopp — gait
- Polish: galop — gait
- Russian: кентер (kenter) — gait
- Spanish: medio galope — gait
- Turkish: eşkin — gait
- Ottoman Turkish: اشكین (eşkin) — gait
- Czech: jízda cvalem — ride
- Finnish: laukka — ride
- Norwegian: galopp — ride
- Polish: galop — ride
- Czech: cválat — to gait
- Finnish: laukata — to gait
- Norwegian: galoppere — to gait
- Polish: galopować — to gait