# canter
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA: /ˈkæn.tə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈkæn.tɚ/, [ˈkɛən.tɚ]
* Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

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.

##### Derived terms

* counter-canter

##### Translations
#### Verb

canter (third-person singular simple present canters, present participle cantering, simple past and past participle cantered)
* (intransitive) To move at such pace.
* (transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

##### Derived terms

* canterer
* counter-canter
* in a canter, at a canter

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From cant +‎ -er.

#### Noun

canter (plural canters)
* One who cants or whines; a beggar.
* One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
** 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:The days when he was a canter and a rebel.
** 1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:From lawn-sleeved ranters to kerbstone canters, From bishops to Army lasses.

### Anagrams

* Cretan, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance

## Latin
### Verb

canter
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cantō

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

canter
* (nautical) to list
* (reflexive) to lean

## Old French
### Verb

canter
* (northern) Alternative form of chanter
** c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:Li Eveske canta la messeThe bishop performed mass

#### Conjugation

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.

## Picard
### Etymology

From Old French canter, from Latin cantāre.

### Verb

canter
* to sing
    Ej vouroè prinde ed ches lchons por aprinde à canter conme i feut.I would like to take some lessons to learn to sing correctly.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | canter | canter | canter | canter | canter |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cantint | cantint | cantint | cantint | cantint |
| auxiliary | auxiliary | auxiliary | avoèr | avoèr | avoèr | avoèr | avoèr |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cantè | cantè | cantèe | cantèe |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cantès | cantès | cantèes | cantèes |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | ej (j') | tu (t') | i (il)/ale | (n)os | os | is |
| indicative | present | cante | cantes | cante | cantons | cantez | cantte |
| indicative | imperfect | cantoé | cantoés | cantoét | cantoinmes | cantoètes | cantoètte |
| indicative | future | cantrai cantro | cantros | cantro | cantrons | cantrez | cantront |
| indicative | conditional | cantroé | cantroés | cantroét | cantroinmes | cantroètes | cantroètte |
| subjunctive | | qu'ej (j') | qu'tu (t') | qu'i (il)/ale | qu'(n)os | qu'os | qu'is |
| subjunctive | present | cante | cantes | cante | cantonche | cantèche | cantte |
| imperative | | — | tu | — | (n)os | os | — |
| imperative | affirmative | | cante | | cantons | cantez | |