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{{also|cânt|çant|can't|ca'n't|Cant.|Cant}}
==English==
{{was wotd|2007|May|9}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|kănt}}, {{IPA|en|/kænt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-cant.ogg|a=US}}
* {{homophones|en|can't}} {{qualifier|US}}, {{homophones|en|Kant}} (in anglicized pronunciation)
* {{rhymes|en|ænt|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂n-}}
From {{der|en|la|cantō}} probably via {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} {{m|fro|canter||sing, tell}}.<ref>{{cite-book|year=1992|author=Tom McArthur|title=The Oxford Companion to the English Language|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-214183-X}}</ref><ref>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref> {{doublet|en|chant}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} An [[argot]], the [[jargon]] of a particular [[class]] or [[subgroup]].
#: {{syn|en|argot|jargon|slang}}
#: {{ux|en|He had the look of a prince, but the '''cant''' of a fishmonger.}}
#* '''1836''', Three discourses preached before the Congregational Society in Watertown, [http://books.google.ru/books?id=GflLAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22cant%22%20phrase&pg=PA65#v=onepage&q=%22cant%22%20phrase&f=false page 65]
#*: {{quote|en|I am aware that the phrase ''free inquiry'' has become too much a '''cant''' phrase soiled by the handling of the ignorant and the reckless by those who fall into the mistake of supposing that religion has its root in the understanding and by those who can see just far enough to doubt and no further.}}
# {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} A [[private]] or [[secret]] [[language]] used by a religious [[sect]], [[gang]], or other group.
#: {{syn|en|argot|jargon|slang}}
# A [[language]] spoken by some [[Irish Traveller]]s; [[Shelta]].
# {{lb|en|uncountable|pejorative}} [[empty|Empty]], [[hypocritical]] [[talk]].
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|volume=II|book=IV|chapter=Containing Such Very Deep and Grave Matters, that Some Readers, Perhaps, May Not Relish It|page=23|passage=He is too well grounded for all your philoſophical '''Cant''' to hurt.}}
#* {{RQ:Sterne Tristram Shandy|volume=III|chapter=XII|page=60|passage=Of all the '''cants''' which are canted in this canting world,—though the '''cant''' of hypocrites may be the worſt,—the '''cant''' of criticiſm is the moſt tormenting!}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1903|author=[[w:Samuel Butler (novelist)|Samuel Butler]]|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 ...}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Workers World|author=Leslie Feinberg|url=https://ia804705.us.archive.org/23/items/lavender-and-red/Lavender_and_Red.pdf#page=73|title=Anti-gay terror in Nazi Germany|date=14 Oct 04|text=The German population as a whole had been fed 12 years of Nazi propaganda, including demonizing and dehumanizing '''cant''' about homosexual men and women.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[whining|Whining]] speech, such as that used by [[beggar]]s.
# {{lb|en|countable|heraldry}} 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]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A call for bidders at a public fair; an [[auction]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1729|author=Jonathan Swift|title=The Intelligencer|issue=19|passage={{...}}but numbers of these tenants or their descendants are now offering to sell their leases by '''cant''',}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|cantish}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rootsee|en|ine|keh₂n}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|jargon of a particular class or subgroup}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|ঠাৰ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жарго́н|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|jargon|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|vaktaal}}, {{t+|nl|jargon}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|sekreta lingvo}}, {{t|eo|kriptolekto}}, {{t|eo|kaŝlingvo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|slangi}}, {{t+|fi|jargon}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|barallete|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Fachsprache|f}}, {{t+|de|Jargon|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zsargon}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gergo|m}}, {{t+|it|parlata|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|은어}}, {{t|ko|변말}}, {{t|ko|수어}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|жа́ргон|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|sjargong|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|jargão|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жарго́н|m}}, {{t|ru|[[блатно́й]] [[язы́к]]|m}}, {{t+|ru|фе́ня|f}} {{qualifier|criminal slang}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|argot|m}}, {{t+|es|jerga|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|jargon}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|secret language}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ծածկալեզու}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|ঠাৰ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|argot|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Bargoens|n}}, {{t+|nl|boeventaal|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|salakieli}}
* French: {{t+|fr|argot|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|barellete|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gaunersprache|f}}, {{t+|de|Rotwelsch|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tolvajnyelv}}, {{t+|hu|zsargon}}, {{t+|hu|argó}}, {{t+|hu|csibésznyelv}}, {{t+|hu|jassznyelv}}, {{t+|hu|fattyúnyelv}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gergo|m}}, {{t+|it|codice|m}}, {{t|it|linguaggio segreto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|隠語|tr=いんご, ingo}}
* Korean: [[속어]] [俗語] (sogeo), {{t|ko|상말}}, {{t+|ko|비속어}}, {{t+|ko|속언}}, {{t+|ko|속화}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|[[та́ен]] [[ја́зик]]|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|código|m}}, {{t+|pt|criptoleto|m}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[та́йный]] [[язы́к]]|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|argot|m}}, {{t+|es|jerga|f}}, {{t+|es|coa|m}} {{qualifier|Chile}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|hypocritical talk}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лицеме́рие|n}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|pokrytecké fráze}}
* Danish: {{t|da|floskler|c|c-p}}, {{t|da|tomme fraser|c|c-p}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|huicheltaal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hurskastelu}}, {{t|fi|höpöpuhe}}
* French: {{t+|fr|langue de bois|f}}, {{t+|fr|blabla|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Phrasendrescherrei|f}}, {{t+|de|Phrase|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|álszenteskedés}}, {{t|hu|frázispufogtatás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ipocrisia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[偽善的な]][[言い方]]|tr=gizentekina iikata}}, {{t|ja|[[口先]][[だけ]]の[[言葉]]|tr=kucisaki-dakeno kotoba}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|[[위선적]]인 [[말]]}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|лицеме́рие|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|hykling|m|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|лицеме́рие|n}}, {{t+|ru|ха́нжество|n}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|floskler|c|c-p}}, {{t+|sv|klyschor|c|c-p}}, {{t|sv|tomma fraser|c|c-p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|whining speech, such as that used by beggars}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|bedelaarsgekerm|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mankuminen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lamentation|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kántálás}}, {{t+|hu|siránkozás}}, {{t+|hu|szenvelgés}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|cantilena|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|sutrestemme|m|f}}, {{t|nb|klaging|m|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|нытьё|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|sprekend wapen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|puhuva vaakuna}}
* French: {{t+|fr|armes parlantes}}
* German: {{t|de|Redendes Wappen}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|arma parlante|f-p}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|talende våpen|n}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|talande vapen|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{senseid|en|speaking}} {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[speak]] with the [[jargon]] of a class or subgroup.
#* {{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?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1854|author=Robert Sanderson|title=The Works of Robert Sanderson, D.D., Sometime Bishop of Lincoln|page=56|text={{...}}that uncouth affected garb of speech, or '''canting''' language rather, if I may so call it|chapter=The case of the liturgy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5uFhAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA56|volume=5}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To speak in [[set phrase]]s.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[talk]], [[beg]], or [[preach]] in a [[singsong]] or [[whine|whining]] fashion, especially in a [[false]] or [[empty]] manner.
#* {{RQ:Beaumont Fletcher Cupids Revenge|sig=H3|page=56|passage=[I]f he proue not yet / The cunningſt, ranckeſt Rogue that euer '''Canted''', / Ile neuer ſee man againe, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Catherine Jemmat|title=The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself|edition=2nd|location=London|publisher=Printed for the author, at [[w:Charing Cross|Charing-Cross]]|year=1765|volume=I|page=145|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA145|oclc=316667080|passage=[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, '''canting''', whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|heraldry}} Of a [[blazon]], to make a [[pun]] that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[sell]] by [[auction]], or [[bid]] at an auction.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1720|author=w:Jonathan Swift|title=A Proposal for the Use of Irish Manufacture|passage={{...}}''labouring'' with all their might for preventing the ''bishops'' from letting their revenues at a moderate half value{{...}} at the very instant, when they were every where '''''canting''''' their own land upon short leases, and sacrificing their ''oldest tenants for a penny an acre advance''.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|outcant}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|jargon}}
* {{l|en|sociolect}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|cant||edge, brink}}, from {{der|en|dum|cant||point, side, edge}} (Modern {{cog|nl|kant||side, edge}}), ultimately of {{der|en|cel|-}} or {{der|en|la|-}} origin. Related to {{cog|ML.|cantus||corner, side}}, from {{cog|la|canthus}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|corner}} {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[side|Side]], [[edge]], [[corner]], [[niche]].
#: {{coi|en|under the '''cant''' of a hill}}
#* {{RQ:Jonson Coronation Triumph|page=853|passage=The firſt and principall perſon in the temple, was IRENE, or ''Peace''; ſhee was placed aloft in a '''''Cant''''', {{...}}}}
# [[slope|Slope]], the [[angle]] at which something is set.
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island|chapter=‘Pieces of Eight’|page=218|passage=Owing to the '''cant''' of the vessel, the masts hung far out over the water, and from my perch on the cross-trees I had nothing below me but the surface of the bay.}}
# A [[corner]] (of a building).
#: {{syn|en|corner}}
# An outer or external [[angle]].
# An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a [[slope]] or [[bevel]]; a [[tilt]].<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
#: {{syn|en|bevel|slope|tilt}}
# A [[movement]] or [[throw]] that [[overturn]]s something.
#* '''1830''', The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, volume 3, [https://books.google.com/books?id=lD0gAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA621 page 621]
#*: 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.
# A sudden [[thrust]], [[push]], [[kick]], or other [[impulse]], producing a bias or change of direction; also, the [[bias]] or turn so given.
#: {{co|en|to give a ball a '''cant'''}}
# {{lb|en|coopering}} A segment forming a side piece in the head of a [[cask]].<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
# A segment of the [[rim]] of a wooden [[cogwheel]].<ref>{{R:Knight AMD}}</ref>
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A piece of wood laid upon the [[deck]] of a [[vessel]] to support the [[bulkhead]]s.
# {{lb|en|lumbering}} An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|cantboard|cant-dog|cant hook|cant strip|cantrail|cant rail}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|cantilever}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|angle at which something is set}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наклон|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}, {{t+|cs|náklon|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|helling|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaltevuus}}, {{t+|fi|kallistus}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dőlésszög}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|inclinazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|斜面|tr=shamen}}, {{t+|ja|傾斜|tr=keisha}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|на́клон|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|an inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}, {{t+|cs|náklon|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viiste}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dőlés}}, {{t+|hu|ferdeség}}, {{t|hu|rézsútosság}}, {{t+|hu|lejtés}}, {{q|such a surface or edge}} {{t|hu|[[ferde]]/[[rézsútos]] [[felület]]/[[lap]]/[[sík]]/[[él]]/[[szél]]}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|movement that overturns}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|преобръщане|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kumoaminen}}, {{t+|fi|kääntö}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|billenés}}, {{t+|hu|billentés}}, {{t+|hu|megdöntés}}, {{t+|hu|lökés}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|преврту́вање|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|перевёртывание|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To set (something) at an [[angle]].
#: {{coi|en|to '''cant''' a cask}}
#: {{coi|en|to '''cant''' a ship}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1979|month=August|author=Graham Burtenshaw; Michael S. Welch|title=O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1|journal=Railway World|page=396|text=Mirrors in the compartments have been '''canted''' out of the vertical plane to reduce reflections to the passengers when seated.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
#: {{coi|en|to '''cant''' round a stick of timber}}
#: {{coi|en|to '''cant''' a football}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bevel]] an edge or corner.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[overturn]] so that the contents are [[empty|emptied]].

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|recant}} {{q|Etymology 2}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|set something at an angle}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|накланям}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|naklonit|pf}}, {{t|cs|sklonit|pf}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|neigen}}, {{t+|nl|kantelen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kallistaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|canter}} {{qualifier|regional}}, {{t+|fr|incliner}}
* German: {{t+|de|kanten}}, {{t+|de|kippen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|dönt}}, {{t+|hu|megdönt}}, {{t+|hu|billent}}, {{t+|hu|megbillent}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kante}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кантовать}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to bevel an edge or corner}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|окантвам}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zkosit|pf}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|viistää}}
* German: {{t+|de|abschrägen}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[ferdén]]/[[rézsútosan]] [[levág|(le)]][[vág]]}}, {{t|hu|[[ferde|ferdére]] [[vág]]}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кантовать}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unk|en}}, but compare {{cog|oc-pro|cantel|t=corner, piece}} or {{cog|fro-nor|cantel|t=piece broken off}}.<ref name="cantn2">cant, n.2, in {{R:OED}}</ref> The verb is attested from the 15th century,<ref>cant, v.1, in {{R:OED}}</ref> and the noun from the 16th.<ref name="cantn2"/> See {{m|en|cantle}}, from which ''cant'' is possibly {{glossary|back-formation|back-formed}} as if it contained the suffix {{m|en|-le}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[divide]] or [[parcel out]].

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|dialectal|forestry}} A [[parcel]], a [[division]].

===Etymology 4===
From {{inh|en|enm|cant}}, {{m|enm|kaunt}}, presumably from {{der|en|gml||*kant}}, perhaps a slang word related to {{m|nl|kant|t=edge, rim}}, from {{der|en|ML.|canthus}}. Attested from the 13th or 14th century.<ref>cant, adj., in {{R:OED}}</ref>

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|en|kant}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|British|dialectal}} [[lively|Lively]], [[lusty]].

===References===
<references />

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|Cant (language)}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acnt|NCTA|T-Can}}

{{C|en|Sound|Talking}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|cantus}}. Compare {{cog|oc|cant}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{ca-noun|m}}

# [[song]]
#: {{syn|ca|cançó}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|cantar}}

===References===
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

==Italian==

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|apoc=1}}

# {{apocopic form of|it|canto}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|cante|kant|kaunt}}

===Etymology===
Possibly from {{bor|enm|gml|*kant}}, perhaps a slang word related to {{m|nl|kant|t=edge, rim}}, from {{der|enm|ML.|canthus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/kant/}}

===Adjective===
{{head|enm|adjective}}

# {{lb|enm|Northern ME|Early Scots}} [[bold]], [[lively]], {{l|en|cant#Etymology 4}}
#* {{circa|1340}}, ''{{w|Cursor Mundi}}'', Cotton Vespasian A iii, lines 8943-46:
#*: {{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====
* {{desc|en|cant}} {{q|dialectal}}
* {{desc|sco|cant}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=cant|pos=adj|id=MED6690}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=acnt|anct.|T-Can|NCTA|TNCA}}

==Middle Scots==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|gmw-msc|kant}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gmw-msc|enm|cant|t=bold, lively}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|gmw-msc|adjective}}

#[[lively]]
#* {{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===
{{fro-noun|m}}

# {{alt form of|fro|chant}}

[[Category:Old Northern French]]

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|de|Kante}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|canturi}}

# [[edge]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/kant/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|ant|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|cy|wlm|-}} and {{inh|cy|owl|cant}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kant}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kantom}}, from {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*ḱm̥tóm}}.

====Numeral====
{{number box|cy}}
{{head|cy|numeral}}

# {{lb|cy|cardinal}} [[one hundred]]

=====Usage notes=====
* Preceding a noun, {{m|cy|cant}} takes the form {{m|cy|can}}.
* Cardinals following {{m|cy|cant}} employ {{m|cy|a||and}} as a connecting word, which stands in contrast to ordinals after {{m|cy|canfed}}, which use {{m|cy|wedi'r||past the, after the}}, e.g. {{m|cy|cant ac un||one hundred and one}} but {{m|cy|cyntaf wedi'r cant||hundred-and-first}}.

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|cy|hanner cant|t=fifty}}
* {{l|cy|cant a hanner|t=one hundred and fifty}}
* {{l|cy|dau gant|t=two hundred}}
* {{l|cy|tri chant|t=three hundred}}
* {{l|cy|pum cant|t=five hundred}}

====Noun====
{{cy-noun|m|cannoedd}}

# [[hundred]]
# [[century]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|cy|cannoedd ar filoedd||hundreds of thousands}}

===Etymology 2===
{{inh|cy|wlm|-}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kantos||corner, rim}}. Related to {{cog|br|kant||circle}}, {{cog|sga|cétad||round seat}}.

====Noun====
{{cy-noun|m|cantau}}

# [[hoop]]
# [[rim]]

===Mutation===
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===References===
* [https://archive.today/20121223104206/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/wales/learnwelsh/welsh_dictionary.pl?i=c&gair=cant&Chwilio=Search Definition from the BBC]
* Hoops, Johannes (1973): Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde, Volume 16, p. 445

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