cantone

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine) canton
2. (masculine) corner
3. (masculine) canton
4. (masculine) township (of Canada)

Concepts

canton

coin

Canton

Synonymes

angolo

lato

canto

🎶

cantuccio

Canton

canton’

Traductions

canton

Kanton

cantón

kanton

corner

Canton

cantó

kanton

cantão

Cantão

esquina

colze

καντόνι

γωνία

Coupé comme

can‧tó‧ne

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kanˈto.ne/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From medieval Gallo-Italic chant "edge, corner" plus the -one augmentative suffix.
The sense of "a portion of territory" alongside the literal meaning "corner" developed by the early 11th century.
The root of chant is ultimately that of Latin cantus (“rim (of a wheel)”).