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English

Alternative spellings


Etymology

From chanter, from cantare, "sing".

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tʃɑːnt/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-chant.ogg


Verb

  1. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.


Translations

Noun

  1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.


Related terms


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French

Etymology

cantus.

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-chant.ogg
  • IPA: /ʃɑ̃/,


Noun

  1. song


Synonyms


Related terms


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Romansch

Verb

  1. {{inflection of|chantar||first-person singular|present indicative}}


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Welsh

Noun

chant

  1. cant|Cant with the aspirate mutation.


Mutation

Category:Welsh mutated nouns

el:chant fa:chant fr:chant gl:chant io:chant id:chant li:chant hu:chant ru:chant fi:chant te:chant vi:chant zh:chant

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chant \Chant\, v. i.
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the
sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5.
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2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their
praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
Chaunter. --Thackeray.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chant \Chant\, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr.
canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]
1. Song; melody.
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2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts
by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung
or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
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3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.
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4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]
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His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay.
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Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.

Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing
five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding
stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common
refrain.

Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere
to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]
1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.
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The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music.
--Spenser.
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2. To celebrate in song.
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The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall.
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3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or
to a tune called a chant.
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WordNet chant
n : a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary
are assigned to a single tone
v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a
psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: intone, intonate,
cantillate]
2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The
students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
[syn: tone, intone]
Moby Dictionary
Agnus Dei , Benedicite , Brautlied , Christmas carol , Gloria ,
Gloria Patri , Gloria in Excelsis , Introit , Kunstlied , Liebeslied ,
Magnificat , Miserere , Nunc Dimittis , Te Deum , Trisagion ,
Vedic hymn , Volkslied , alba , alleluia , answer , anthem , antiphon ,
antiphony , art song , aubade , ballad , ballade , ballata , barcarole ,
bark , bawl , bellow , bis , blare , blat , blubber , blues , blues song ,
boat song , bob , boom , bray , breathe , bridal hymn , brindisi , burden ,
buzz , cackle , calypso , canso , canticle , canzone , canzonet ,
canzonetta , carol , cavatina , chanson , chantey , chirp , chirrup ,
choir , chorale , chorus , coo , croon , croon song , crow , descant ,
dirge , ditto , ditty , do-re-mi , doxology , drawl , drinking song ,
epithalamium , exclaim , flute , folk song , gasp , growl , grunt ,
hallelujah , hiss , hosanna , hum , hymeneal , hymn , hymn of praise ,
hymnody , hymnography , hymnology , intonate , intone , keen , laud , lay ,
lied , lilt , love song , love-lilt , mantra , matin , minstrel ,
minstrel song , minstrelsy , monody , motet , mumble , murmur , mutter ,
national anthem , offertory , offertory sentence , paean , pant , pipe ,
prothalamium , psalm , psalmody , quaver , refrain , repeat , repetend ,
report , response , responsory , ritornello , roar , roulade , rumble ,
scream , screech , serena , serenade , serenata , shake , shriek ,
sibilate , sigh , sing , sing in chorus , singsong , snap , snarl , snort ,
sob , sol-fa , solmizate , song , squall , squawk , squeal , theme song ,
thunder , torch song , tremolo , trill , troll , trumpet , tune , twang ,
tweedle , tweedledee , twit , twitter , undersong , versicle , vocalize ,
wail , war song , warble , wedding song , whine , whisper , whistle , yap ,
yawp , yell , yelp , yodel


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