From en.wiktionary.org:
[cânt]
** English
[2007]
*** Pronunciation
- [kănt] , [en]
- [en]
- [en] [US] , [en] (in anglicized pronunciation)
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en] probably via [en] [fro].[1][2] [en].
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en] An argot , the jargon of a particular class or subgroup .
2. * 1836 , Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, page 65 (see http://books.google.ru/books?id=GflLAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22cant%22%20phrase&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=%22cant%22%20phrase&f=false)
3. *: [en]
4. [en] A private or secret language used by a religious sect , gang , or other group.
5. A language spoken by some Irish Traveller s; Shelta .
6. [en] Empty , hypocritical talk .
7. * [volume=II]
8. * [volume=III]
9. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1903 | author= 吴语: Samuel Butler (novelist) | title=The Way of All Flesh | chapter=46
|passage=... he knew very well that if they thought him clever they were
being taken in, but it pleased him to have been able to take them in, and he
tried to do so still further; he was therefore a good deal on the look-out for
CANTS that he could catch and apply in season, and might have done himself
some mischief thus if he had not been ready to throw over any CANT as soon as
he had come across another more nearly to his fancy ...}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] Whining speech, such as that used by beggar s.
3. [en] A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms .
4. [en] A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction .
5. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Related terms
[en]
***** Translations
[jargon of a particular class or subgroup]
- Assamese: [as]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [criminal slang]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[secret language]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: 속어 [ 俗語 ] (sogeo), [ko] , [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [Chile]
[trans-bottom]
[hypocritical talk]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[whining speech, such as that used by beggars]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian:
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] [en] To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
2. * {{ RQ:Jonson Staple of News | act=IV | scene=iv | page=59 | passage=The _Doctor_ here, I will proceed with the _learned_ . / VVhen he diſcourſeth of _diſſection_ , / Or any point of _Anatomy_ : that hee tells you, / Of _Vena caua_ , and of _vena porta_ , / The _Meſeraicks_ , and the _Meſenterium_ . / VVhat does he elſe but _CANT_ ? [...] / Does he not '' CANT ? VVho here does vnderſtand him? }}
3. * [en]
4. [en] To speak in set phrase s.
5. [en] To talk , beg , or preach in a singsong or whining fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
6. * [sig=H3]
7. * [en]
8. [en] Of a blazon , to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
9. [en] To sell by auction , or bid at an auction.
10. * [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en] (Modern [nl]), ultimately of [en] or [en] origin.
Related to [ML.], from [la].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] Side , edge , corner , niche .
2. * [sig=C2]
3. Slope , the angle at which something is set.
4. * [chapter=‘Pieces of Eight’]
5. A corner (of a building).
6. An outer or external angle .
7. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel ; a tilt . [3]
8. A movement or throw that overturn s something.
9. * 1830 , The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, page 621 (see https://books.google.com/books?id=lD0gAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA621)
10. *: It is not only of great service in keeping the boat in her due position on the sea, but also in creating a tendency immediately to recover from any sudden CANT , or lurch , from a heavy wave; and it is besides beneficial in diminishing the violence of beating against the sides of the vessel which she may go to relieve.
11. A sudden thrust , push , kick , or other impulse , producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
12. [en] A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask . [4]
13. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel . [5]
14. [en] A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkhead s.
15. [en] An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[angle at which something is set]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
[trans-bottom]
[an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [such a surface or edge] [hu]
[trans-bottom]
[movement that overturns]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To set (something) at an angle ; to tilt .
2. * [en]
3. [en] To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
4. [en] To bevel an edge or corner.
5. [en] To overturn so that the contents are emptied .
***** Derived terms
- [en] [Etymology 2]
***** Translations
[set something at an angle]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] [regional] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to bevel an edge or corner]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
[en], but compare [oc-pro] or [fro-nor].[6] The verb is attested from the 15th
century,[7] and the noun from the 16th.<ref name="cantn2"/> See [en], from
which _cant_ is possibly [back-formation] as if it contained the suffix [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To divide or parcel out .
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A parcel , a division .
*** Etymology 4
From [en], [enm], presumably from [en], perhaps a slang word related to [nl],
from [en]. Attested from the 13th or 14th century.[8]
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] Lively , lusty .
*** References
References:
[1]. [year=1992]
[2]. [R:Etymonline]
[3]. [R:Knight AMD]
[4]. [R:Knight AMD]
[5]. [R:Knight AMD]
[6]. cant, n.2, in [R:New English Dictionary]
[7]. cant, v.1, in [R:New English Dictionary]
[8]. cant, adj., in [R:New English Dictionary]
*** Further reading
- [Cant (language)]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
*** Etymology 1
[ca]. Compare [oc].
**** Noun
[m]
1. song
***** Derived terms
[ca]
***** Related terms
[ca]
*** Etymology 2
Ultimately from [ca], perhaps via [ca].
**** Noun
[m]
1. canthus [corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet]
*** References
- [R:ca:GDLC]
- [R:ca:DCVB]
[ca]
** Italian
*** Noun
[m]
1. [it]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
Possibly from [enm], perhaps a slang word related to [nl], from [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Adjective
[enm]
1. [enm] bold , lively , [en]
2. * [1340] , '' [Cursor Mundi] {"content": "''", "type": "DELIM", "wikinode": "WikiDelimNode"} , Cotton Vespasian A iii, lines 8943-46:
3. *: {{ quote | enm | Iuus þat war sa CANT and kene, / Quen þai had þis meracles sene, / þai drou it þen and mad a brig / Ouer a litel burn to lig
|translation=Jews who were so BOLD and ready, when they had seen this miracle,
pulled it out and made a bridge over a little stream to lie}}
**** Descendants
- [en] [dialectal]
- [sco]
**** References
- [entry=cant]
** Middle Scots
*** Alternative forms
- [gmw-msc]
*** Etymology
From [gmw-msc].
*** Adjective
[gmw-msc]
1.. lively
2. * {{ quote-text | gmw-msc | year=1513 | translator=w:Gavin Douglas | author=w:Virgil | title=Aeneid
|passage=The cadgyar callis furth his capill with crakkis wail
CANT|translation=The carrier summons his horse with very lively shouts}}
** Old French
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fro]
Category:Old Northern French
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Noun
[n]
1. edge
**** Declension
[ro-noun-n-uri]
** Welsh
*** Pronunciation
- [cy]
- [cy]
*** Etymology 1
From [cy] and [cy], from [cy], from [cy], from [cy].
**** Numeral
[cy] [cy]
1. [cy] one hundred
***** Usage notes
- Preceding a noun, [cy] takes the form [cy] .
- Cardinals following [cy] employ [cy] as a connecting word, which stands in contrast to ordinals after [cy] , which use [cy] , e.g. [cy] but [cy] .
***** Derived terms
- [cy]
- [cy]
- [cy]
- [cy]
- [cy]
**** Noun
[m]
1. hundred
2. century
***** Derived terms
- [cy]
*** Etymology 2
[cy] [cy], from [cy]. Related to [br], [sga].
**** Noun
[m]
1. hoop
2. rim
***** Derived terms
- [cy]
*** Mutation
[cy-mut]
*** References
- Definition from the BBC (see https://archive.today/20121223104206/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/wales/learnwelsh/welsh_dictionary.pl?i=c&gair=cant&Chwilio=Search)
- Hoops, Johannes (1973): Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 16, p. 445