canto

Noun (1)

canto (plural cantos)

1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
2. The treble or leading melody.
3. The designated division of a song.

Noun (2) capitalized: Canto

US/ˈkæn.toʊ/

Canto (uncountable)

1. (informal) The Cantonese language.
   • I think most people born here can’t speak it, but they understand it. It’s so strange that my Chinese friends can speak Canto, and my Japanese friends can speak their language, but it doesn’t work that way for us here2016, Emilie Santos Tumale, quoting “James”, Challenging the Stigmas: A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Filipino American Community College Students, University of California Los Angeles, page 50
   • In reaction to when the Chinese girls would speak Canto or Mando around us, we created a language – we came up with a language.2019, Christina Ho, quoting Blaise, “Angry Anglos and aspirational Asians: everyday multiculturalism in the selective school system in Sydney”, in Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of...