canto

[ kan-toh ]

noun,plural can·tos.
  1. one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.

Origin of canto

1
1580–90; <Italian <Latin cant(us) singing, song, equivalent to can(ere) to sing + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. cant1, chant

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British Dictionary definitions for canto

canto

/ (ˈkæntəʊ) /


nounplural -tos
  1. music another word for cantus (def. 2)

  2. a main division of a long poem

Origin of canto

1
C16: from Italian: song, from Latin cantus, from canere to sing

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