chant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.6 Related terms 1.7 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.3.2 Related terms 3 Romansch 3.1 Verb 4 Welsh 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• (archaic) chaunt

[edit] Etymology

From Old French chanter, from Latin cantō (“‘to sing’”)

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• IPA: /tʃɑːnt/
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• Rhymes: -ɑːnt

[edit] Verb

to chant (third-person singular simple present chants, present participle chanting, simple past and past participle chanted)

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

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[edit] Noun

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chant (plural chants)

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

[edit] Related terms

• enchant
• Gregorian chant
• incantation

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of achnt
• natch

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin cantus.

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• IPA: /ʃɑ̃/, SAMPA: /SA~/

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chant m. (plural chants)

1. song

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• chanson

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• chanter

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Verb

chant

1. first-person singular present indicative of chantar

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[edit] Welsh

[edit] Noun

chant m.

1. Cant with the aspirate mutation.

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cant	gant	nghant	chant