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Webster 1913 Edition

Canto

Can′to

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cantos
(#)
.
[It.
canto
, fr. L.
cantus
singing, song. See
Chant
.]
1.
One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2.
(Mus.)
The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
‖Canto fermo
[It.]
(Mus.)
,
the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.

Webster 1828 Edition

Canto

CANTO

,
Noun.
A part or division of a poem, answering to what in prose is called a book. In Italian, canto is a song, and it signifies also the treble part, first treble, or highest vocal part.

Definition 2024

cantò

cantò

See also: canto, Canto, and cantó

Italian

Verb

cantò

  1. third-person singular past historic of cantare

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