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Plural of cant

regular plural

The plural of cant is cants.

Forms of cant

Singularcant /kænt/
Pluralcants
Countablecountable and uncountable

Meaning of cant

  1. noun An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  2. noun A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  3. noun A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

Full definition of cant

Questions about the plural of cant

What is the plural of cant?
The plural of cant is cants.
Is cant countable?
Cant is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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