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Detailed Translations for cant from English to French

cant:

to cant verb (cants, canted, canting)

  1. to cant (talk cant)
  2. to cant (tack up; lace; string; tie)
    attacher; enfiler; lacer
    • attacher verb (attache, attaches, attachons, attachez, )
    • enfiler verb (enfile, enfiles, enfilons, enfilez, )
    • lacer verb (lace, laces, laçons, lacez, )

Conjugations for cant:

present
  1. cant
  2. cant
  3. cants
  4. cant
  5. cant
  6. cant
simple past
  1. canted
  2. canted
  3. canted
  4. canted
  5. canted
  6. canted
present perfect
  1. have canted
  2. have canted
  3. has canted
  4. have canted
  5. have canted
  6. have canted
past continuous
  1. was canting
  2. were canting
  3. was canting
  4. were canting
  5. were canting
  6. were canting
future
  1. shall cant
  2. will cant
  3. will cant
  4. shall cant
  5. will cant
  6. will cant
continuous present
  1. am canting
  2. are canting
  3. is canting
  4. are canting
  5. are canting
  6. are canting
subjunctive
  1. be canted
  2. be canted
  3. be canted
  4. be canted
  5. be canted
  6. be canted
diverse
  1. cant!
  2. let's cant!
  3. canted
  4. canting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for cant:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- argot; bank; bevel; buzzword; camber; chamfer; jargon; lingo; patois; pious platitude; slang; vernacular
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
attacher cant; lace; string; tack up; tie adhere; affix; attach; attach to; bind; bind fast; bind round; bind together; bind up; binding; bookbinding; buckle; burn; button; button up; cake on; cling; combine; confirm; connect; couple; crust; fasten; fasten to a rope; fix; glue; glue together; gum; hitch on to; hook on to; hook together; join; knot; lash; link; moor; paste; paste in; paste on; paste together; patch; pinion; secure; stick; stick to the pan; stick together; strap; string; suture; tie; tie on; tie together; tie up; unite
enfiler cant; lace; string; tack up; tie change tack; slip on; tack
faire l'hypocrite cant; talk cant do as if; feign; pretend; simulate
lacer cant; lace; string; tack up; tie change tack; lace up; tack
papelarder cant; talk cant
- cant over; pitch; slant; tilt
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- bevel; hypocrisy; slope

Related Words for "cant":

  • canting

Synonyms for "cant":


Related Definitions for "cant":

  1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees1
  2. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition1
  3. insincere talk about religion or morals1
  4. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)1
  5. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force1
  6. heel over1

Wiktionary Translations for cant:

cant
noun
  1. whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  2. heraldry: blazon that makes a pun, canting arms
  3. hypocritical talk
  4. secret language
cant
noun
  1. Langage de convention utilisé à l’origine par les voleurs, les malfaiteurs.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
cant langue verte Gaunersprache — eine spezielle Geheimsprache, die zur Kommunikation unter Gaunern verwendet wird. Beinahe jede europäische Sprache hat eine Gaunersprache. Sie unterscheidet sich grammatikalisch nicht von ihrer Ursprungssprache, enthält aber einen abweichenden Wortschatz.
cant locution PhraseLinguistik: syntaktisch zusammengehörige Wortgruppe (Konstituente)
cant basculer kippen — (transitiv) etwas schräg stellen, in Schräglage bringen
cant argot rotwelsch — auf die Landfahrersprache, das Rotwelsche bezogen, gaunersprachlich

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