chanticleer

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Chauntecleer, from Old French Chantecler (modern French Chanteclair), the proper name of the cock in the literary cycle of Reynard the Fox, that also gave origin to chantecler, the name of a chicken breed; from chanter (“to sing, to crow”) + cler (“clear, clearly”).Attested in English since 1250–1300. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪə/, enPR: chänʹtĭklĭr' (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/, /ˈʃæntəˌklɪɹ/, enPR: chănʹtəklĭr', shănʹtəklĭr' Hyphenation: chan‧ti‧cleer === Noun === chanticleer (plural chanticleers) (now rare, literary) A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales. === Verb === chanticleer (third-person singular simple present chanticleers, present participle chanticleering, simple past and past participle chanticleered) To make the crowing sound of a cock. To crow in exultation. === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “chanticleer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “chanticleer”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “chanticleer”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “chanticleer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.