Definitions for canto

canto can·to

Spelling: [kan-toh]
IPA: /ˈkæn toʊ/

Canto is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in canto (acnot).

Definitions for canto

noun

  1. one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.

Origin of canto

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

Examples for canto

Four lines at the end of this canto are among the most famous in the poem.

The first canto of The Island was finished January 10, 1823.

This was at the time when he wrote the second canto of "Childe Harold."

Can you discover any plan in the division of the canto into stanzas?

What is the purpose of canto IV in the development of the story?

What is the purpose of the dialogue in the early part of canto V?

And with much force and animation she read them bits from the first canto.

In the mouth, nevertheless, of the fiend Astarotte, canto xxv.

What insight into the life of the clansmen is furnished in this canto?

With these losses, the canto still contains 130 stanzas, or 526 lines.

Word Value for canto
Scrable

7

Words with friends

9

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