Feminine
Kante
Meaning
- (feminine) edge (sharp boundary line), border
- (feminine) ledge, rim, brink
- (feminine) edge
- (Switzerland, feminine) tram platform
Concepts
Synonyms
Nahtstelle
Grenzlinie
Mantellinie
Schmalseite
Seitenrand
Überhang
abkanten
abschrägen
Felsband
keilförmiges Stück
Stahlkante
Salband
Webkante
etwas anderes
vorstehende Spitze
Generatrix
Randleiste
Felsplatt
Regalbrett
Bergkamm
Erzeugende
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkantə/
Etymology
Via Middle Low German kant, kante from Middle Dutch kant, itself from Latin canthus (“tire, edge of a wheel”), from Gaulish *cantos, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”). The Latin spelling is influenced by Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye, tire, etc.”).
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