noun
Meaning 1
One who chants or sings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chanter
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːntə/
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General-American: /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
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rhymes with -æntə(ɹ)
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rhymes with -ɑːntə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A priest who sings in a chantry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
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noun
Meaning 4
The hedge sparrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Meaning 6
reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: melody pipe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pipe
History
Etymology
From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: псалт (psalt) — one who chants or sings
- Greek: ψάλτης (psáltis) — one who chants or sings
- Hungarian: karénekes — one who chants or sings
- Hungarian: kántor — one who chants or sings
- Irish: cantaire — one who chants or sings
- Middle English: chauntour — one who chants or sings
- Polish: śpiewak — one who chants or sings
- Polish: śpiewaczka — one who chants or sings
- Portuguese: cantor — one who chants or sings
- Spanish: cantor; cantante — one who chants or sings
- Ottoman Turkish: شرقیجی (şarkıcı) — one who chants or sings
- Polish: kantor — a priest who sings in a chantry
- Portuguese: chantre — a priest who sings in a chantry
- Spanish: cantor — a priest who sings in a chantry
- Bulgarian: свирка (svirka) — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Finnish: melodiapilli — the pipe of a bagpipe
- French: chalumeau — the pipe of a bagpipe
- German: Melodiepfeife — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Hungarian: szólamsíp — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Italian: canna della melodia — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Polish: piszczałka melodyczna — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Portuguese: ponteiro — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Scottish Gaelic: feadan — the pipe of a bagpipe
- Spanish: caramillo — the pipe of a bagpipe
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