canthus
/ˈkænθəs/noun
canthus is a noun meaning “Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-N-T-H-U-S, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of canthus is canthi or canthuses.
What does canthus mean?
noun
- 1
Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce canthus?
- /ˈkænθəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-canthus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of canthus
- canthi plural
- canthuses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is canthus?
Canthus appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Canthus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | canthus, coin de la paupière, coin de l'œil |
| German | Lidwinkel, Augenwinkel |
| Portuguese | canto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does canthus come from?
Borrowed from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).