chant

== English == === Alternative forms === (archaic) chaunt === Etymology === From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Southern England) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːnt/ (Northern England, Midlands, Scotland) IPA(key): /t͡ʃant/ (Wales) IPA(key): /t͡ʃant/, /t͡ʃaːnt/ (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃænt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæːnt/ (South Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɐːnt/ Rhymes: -ɑːnt, -ænt === Verb === chant (third-person singular simple present chants, present participle chanting, simple past and past participle chanted) To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music. To sing or intone sacred text. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group. (transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === chant (plural chants) Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony. (music) A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. (music, Anglicanism) A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === Anagrams === natch == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === chant inflection of chanten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === nacht == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chant, from Latin cantus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃/ === Noun === chant m (countable and uncountable, plural chants) (uncountable) singing (act of using the voice to produce musical sounds) (countable) song Synonym: chanson chant du cygne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) chant grégorien ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: şan === Further reading === “chant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French chant. === Pronunciation === === Noun === chant m (plural chants or chants) song ==== Descendants ==== French: chant == Norman == === Etymology === Borrowed from French chant. === Noun === chant m (plural chants) (Jersey) song ==== Synonyms ==== chanson == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin cantus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (early) /ˈtʃant/ IPA(key): (late) /ˈʃant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === chant oblique singular, m (oblique plural chanz or chantz, nominative singular chanz or chantz, nominative plural chant) song ==== Synonyms ==== chançon ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: chant French: chant == Romansh == === Verb === chant first-person singular present indicative of chantar == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χant/ === Noun === chant aspirate mutation of cant === Mutation ===