overwordExplorer
LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cantus.

tire, iron ring around a carriage wheel; wheel; song, chant; singing; cry (bird); blast (trumpet); poem, poetry; incantation;

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. song, singing

    declension-4 · masculine

  2. chant, incantation

    declension-4 · masculine

  3. crowing, crow (sound certain birds make)

    declension-4 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin cantus From canō + -tus (forming action nouns).

verb[ˈkan.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkan.tus]

  1. sung, recited

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect

  2. sounded, blew

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect

  3. chanted

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of canō.

noun

  1. alternative spelling of canthus (“wheel, carriage tire”)

    alt-of · alternative · declension-2 · masculine
FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

cantus has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

cantus studiocantus workshello, cantus

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.