canton

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A division of a political unit.
2. A division of a political unit.
3. A division of a political unit.
4. (obsolete) A division of a political unit.
5. A division of a political unit.
6. A small community or clan.
7. A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
8. A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

Verb

1. To delineate as a separate district.
2. To divide into cantons.
3. To quarter troops by requisitioning housing from the civilian population.
4. To be allotted such quarters.

Concepts

canton

Bosnie-Herzégovine

🇧🇦

cantonner

🚉

comté

côté

loger

quart

4th

billette

Canton

petit district

Bosnie

Bosnie-et-Herzégovine

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Synonymes

quarter

billet

county

allocate

allot

apportion

bed

🛏️

bunk

Canton

carve up

cast

deal

deal out

dish out

dispense

dissect

dissever

distribute

divide

fraction

give out

hand out

house

🏠

issue

keep

lodge

lot

partition

pass around

pass out

portion

portion out

pound

💷

province

reallocate

screen off

section

separate

share

shell out

shire

split

split up

stratify

subdivide

supply

territory

Yugoslavia

divvy up

opanak

part

𐐒𐐱𐑆𐑌𐐨𐐲 𐐰𐑌𐐼 𐐐𐐲𐑉𐐻𐑅𐐲𐑀𐐬𐑂𐐨𐑌𐐲

accommodate

admeasure

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæntn̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

1530s, from Middle French canton, from Old French canton (“corner”); heraldic sense from the 1570s, geographic sense from c. 1600.