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Plural of canton

regular plural

The plural of canton is cantons.

Forms of canton

Singularcanton /ˈkæntən/
Pluralcantons
Countablecountable

Cantons in a sentence

  • Nonetheless, the failure to resolve the problems created by the 9 February forced people, and cantons, to consider a new votation.2016, Clive H. Church, Political Change in Switzerland: From Stability to Uncertainty, page 153. From the entry votation

Meaning of canton

  1. noun A division of a political unit.
  2. noun One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
  3. noun An administrative division within a department in France, often being a subdivision of an arrondissement.

Full definition of canton

Questions about the plural of canton

What is the plural of canton?
The plural of canton is cantons.
Is canton countable?
Canton is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canton (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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