name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, Southern-England: /t͡ʃɑːnt/
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Midlands, Northern-England, Scotland: /t͡ʃant/
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Wales: /t͡ʃant/
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Wales: /t͡ʃaːnt/
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US: /t͡ʃænt/
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Australian: /t͡ʃæːnt/
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Australia, New-Zealand, South: /t͡ʃɐːnt/
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rhymes with -ɑːnt
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CMU ARPABET: CH AE1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
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noun
Meaning 3
A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 4
A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
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.
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Qualifier: Anglicanism
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
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noun
Meaning 6
A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
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verb
Meaning 7
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
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verb
Meaning 8
To sing or intone sacred text.
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verb
Meaning 9
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
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Examples
- The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
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verb
Meaning 10
To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
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Usage: archaic, transitive
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noun
Meaning 11
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: religious song
Narrower terms: plainsong, plainchant, Gregorian chant, Hallel, Hare Krishna
verb
Meaning 12
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The rabbi chanted a prayer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intone, intonate, cantillate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sing
Narrower terms: singsong
verb
Meaning 13
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
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Synonyms: tone, intone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
History
Etymology
Probably a nickname from French chant (“song, melody”).
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أُهْزُوجَة (ʔuhzūja) — type of singing
- Arabic: أَهَازِيج (ʔahāzīj) — type of singing
- Georgian: საგალობელი (sagalobeli) — type of singing
- Hindi: जाप (jāp) — type of singing
- Irish: cantaireacht — type of singing
- Irish: andord — type of singing
- Italian: salmodia — type of singing
- Māori: oriori — type of singing
- Māori: whakaoriori — type of singing
- Russian: песнопе́ние (pesnopénije) — type of singing
- Spanish: salmodia — type of singing
- Spanish: canturía — type of singing
- Spanish: canturria — type of singing
- Spanish: melopea — type of singing
- Spanish: cántico — type of singing
- Spanish: canto — type of singing
- Spanish: melopeya — type of singing
- Turkish: şarkı — type of singing
- Turkish: terennüm — type of singing
- Turkish: ilahi — type of singing
- Bulgarian: напявам (napjavam) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Danish: messe — sing monophonically without instruments
- Dutch: chanten — sing monophonically without instruments
- Dutch: zingen — sing monophonically without instruments
- Esperanto: ĉanti — sing monophonically without instruments
- Finnish: messuta — sing monophonically without instruments
- French: chanter — sing monophonically without instruments
- Galician: cantar — sing monophonically without instruments
- Georgian: გალობა (galoba) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Georgian: გალობს (galobs) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Hindi: मंत्रणा (mantraṇā) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Irish: can — sing monophonically without instruments
- Irish: bí ag cantaireacht — sing monophonically without instruments
- Italian: salmodiare — sing monophonically without instruments
- Kazakh: ән айту (än aitu) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Latin: cano — sing monophonically without instruments
- Māori: oriori — sing monophonically without instruments
- Nahuatl: tlatoa — sing monophonically without instruments
- Portuguese: cantar — sing monophonically without instruments
- Rapa Nui: rongorongo — sing monophonically without instruments
- Russian: петь (petʹ) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Spanish: salmodiar — sing monophonically without instruments
- Spanish: canturrear — sing monophonically without instruments
- Spanish: cantusar — sing monophonically without instruments
- Spanish: canturriar — sing monophonically without instruments
- Spanish: cantusear — sing monophonically without instruments
- Turkish: şarkı söylemek — sing monophonically without instruments
- Turkish: terennüm etmek — sing monophonically without instruments
- Turkish: ilahi okumak — sing monophonically without instruments
- Ottoman Turkish: چاغرمق (çağırmak) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Ottoman Turkish: اوقومق (okumak) — sing monophonically without instruments
- Záparo: uranu — sing monophonically without instruments
- Esperanto: skandi — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- German: skandieren — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- German: im Sprechchor rufen — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- Polish: skandować — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- Romanian: scanda — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- Russian: скандировать (skandirovatʹ) — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- Spanish: corear — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
- Ukrainian: скандува́ти (skanduváty) — utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner
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