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chanter

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English

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Bagpipe chanter

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant +‎ -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chanter (plural chanters)

  1. One who chants or sings.
  2. A priest who sings in a chantry.
  3. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
    • 1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
      the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all.
  4. The hedge sparrow.
  5. (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Derived terms

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Translations

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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Anagrams

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Champenois

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre..

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.te/

Verb

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chanter

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) to sing

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chanter

  1. (singing) to sing
    chanter comme une casserole(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    chanter comme une seringue(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    chanter comme un rossignol(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to crow

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: chanteren

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French chanter.

Verb

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chanter

  1. to sing

Conjugation

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  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

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Norman

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (sing, verb).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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chanter (gerund chant'tie)

  1. (Jersey) to sing
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[3], page 524:
      I' chànte coume ùn orateur.
      He sings like an orator.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.

Pronunciation

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  • (classical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈteːɾ/, (northern) /kan-/

Verb

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chanter

  1. to pray (to God)
  2. to sing
  3. to retell, to recount

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Romansch

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Verb

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chanter

  1. (Puter) Alternative form of chantar (to sing)