canto.
singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)
Meaning & usage
singing (the act of using the voice to produce musical sounds)
chant
a bird’s song
any pleasant sound
canto
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin cantus (“song; singing”), perfect passive participle of canō (“to sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognate of English chant.
corner (space in the angle between converging lines or surfaces)
Os quatro cantos do mundo
a remote location
an undetermined or unknown location
the corner of the goal line and touchline
the corner of the goal line and touchline corner kick
type of stone used in the corners of a building
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese canto, from Latin canthus or Vulgar Latin *cantus, from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).
first-person singular present indicative of cantar
Where this word comes from
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