Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cantion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-tion
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A song, poem or incantation.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"the same person was brought in singing a Cantion of Colin's making"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cantiō, from canere (“to sing”). Doublet of chanson and canzone. By surface analysis, Latin cant- + -ion.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cantions (plural)

Questions

What does cantion mean?: A song, poem or incantation.
Where does cantion come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin cantiō, from canere (“to sing”). Doublet of chanson and canzone. By surface analysis, Latin cant- + -ion.

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