chanter

English

Bagpipe chanter

Etymology

to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːntə(r)

Noun

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
4. The hedge sparrow.

Translations

one who chants or sings

• Bulgarian: псалт (bg) (psalt) m
• Greek: ψαλμωδός (el) (psalmodós) m, ψάλτης (el) (psáltis) m

• Hungarian: karénekes (hu), kántor (hu)
• Irish: cantaire (ga) m

a priest who sings in a chantry

the pipe of a bagpipe

• Bulgarian: свирка (bg) (svirka) f
• Finnish: melodiapilli (fi)
• French: chalumeau (fr) m
• German: Melodiepfeife (de) f

• Hungarian: szólamsíp (hu)
• Italian: canna della melodia (it) f
• Scottish Gaelic: feadan (gd) m
• Spanish: caramillo (es) m

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• French: scandeur (1) m, scandeuse f (1)

Anagrams

• tranche

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French

Etymology

From Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō (“I sing”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʃɑ̃.te/, X-SAMPA: /SA~.te/

Verb

chanter

1. to sing
2. to crow

Related terms

• chanson
• chant
• chanteur
• chantonner
• chantre
• faire chanter
• chantage
• chantable

Conjugation

   Conjugation of chanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chanter			avoir chanté
gerund		en chantant			en ayant chanté
present participle		chantant
past participle		chanté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chante	chantes	chante	chantons	chantez	chantent
	imperfect	chantais	chantais	chantait	chantions	chantiez	chantaient
	past historic1	chantai	chantas	chanta	chantâmes	chantâtes	chantèrent
	future	chanterai	chanteras	chantera	chanterons	chanterez	chanteront
	conditional	chanterais	chanterais	chanterait	chanterions	chanteriez	chanteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	chante	chantes	chante	chantions	chantiez	chantent
	imperfect1	chantasse	chantasses	chantât	chantassions	chantassiez	chantassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	chante	—	chantons	chantez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• chantre
• tranche, tranché

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Jèrriais

Etymology

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

Verb

chanter (gerund chant'tie)

1. to sing

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Old French

Alternative forms

• canter

Etymology

From Latin from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō (“I sing”).

Verb

chanter

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

Synonyms

• (to retell): conter

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of chanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		chanter			avoir chanté, chantez
gerund		en chantant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		chantant
past participle		chanté, chantez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	chante, chant	chantes, chants	chante, chant	chantons	chantez, chantés	chantent
	imperfect	chantoe, chanteie, chantoie	chantoes, chanteies, chantoies	chantot, chanteit, chantoit	chantions, chantiions	chantiez, chantiiez	chantoent, chantient, chantoient
	past historic	chantai	chantas	chanta	chantames	chantastes	chanterent
	future	chanterai	chanteras	chantera	chanterons	chanterez, chantereiz	chanteront
	conditional	chanteroe, chantereie, chanteroie	chanteroes, chantereies, chanteroies	chanterot, chantereie, chanteroie	chanterions, chanteriions	chanteriez, chanteriiez	chanteroent, chantereient, chanteroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	chante, chant	chantes, chants	chante, chant	chantons	chantez	chantent
	imperfect	chantasse	chantasses	chantast	chantissons	chantissez, chantissiez	chantassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	chante	—	chantons	chantez	—

Descendants

• French: chanter
• Jèrriais: chanter

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chantar
• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) cantar

Etymology

From Latin cantō, cantāre.

Verb

chanter

1. (Puter) to sing