different between cantic vs cantil

English

Adjective

cantic (not comparable)

1. angled
2. oblique, slanting
3. canting

English

Etymology

From Tzeltal kantiil (“yellow lips”)

Noun

cantil (plural cantils)

1. Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.

Anagrams

• Anctil, Catlin, catlin, lactin, tincal

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From canto (“rim, border”) +? -il.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?til/

Noun

cantil m (plural cantís)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)
3. a rebate plane

References

• “cantil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cantil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cantil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cantil” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From canto (“corner”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: can?til
• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

cantil m (plural cantis)

1. canteen (water bottle)

Spanish

Etymology

From canto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?til/, [kãn??t?il]

Noun

cantil m (plural cantiles)

1. cliff
2. shelf (underwater)

Derived terms

• acantilar

Further reading

• “cantil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.