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The Latin word for to sing is
canere





to sing



Translations for to sing and their definitions

cano
     1. v. I sing, recite, play
     2. v. I sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call
     3. v. I foretell, predict, prophesy
     4. v. (transitive, Medieval Latin) I celebrate Mass
     5. v. (transitive, or intransitive, Medieval Latin) I pretend (that)
     6. v. (intransitive) I sing, make music
     7. v. (intransitive) I chant
     8. v. (intransitive, of owls) I hoot
     9. v. (intransitive, of a musical instrument) I sound, resound, play
     10. v. (intransitive) I sound, play
     11. adj. singular of canus


canto
     1. v. I sing (all senses)
     2. v. I enchant, or call forth by charms, chant
     3. =Participle. singular of cantus


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