chanter
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
- Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
chanter (plural chanters)
- One who chants or sings.
- A priest who sings in a chantry.
- 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.
- 1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
- The hedge sparrow.
- (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chanter
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | simple | chanter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | chantant /ʃɑ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chanté /ʃɑ̃.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | chante /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chantes /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chante /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chantons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
chantez /ʃɑ̃.te/ |
chantent /ʃɑ̃t/ |
imperfect | chantais /ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
chantais /ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
chantait /ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ |
chantions /ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
chantiez /ʃɑ̃.tje/ |
chantaient /ʃɑ̃.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | chantai /ʃɑ̃.te/ |
chantas /ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
chanta /ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
chantâmes /ʃɑ̃.tam/ |
chantâtes /ʃɑ̃.tat/ |
chantèrent /ʃɑ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
future | chanterai /ʃɑ̃.tʁe/ |
chanteras /ʃɑ̃.tʁa/ |
chantera /ʃɑ̃.tʁa/ |
chanterons /ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
chanterez /ʃɑ̃.tʁe/ |
chanteront /ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | chanterais /ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
chanterais /ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
chanterait /ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
chanterions /ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chanteriez /ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
chanteraient /ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | chante /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chantes /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chante /ʃɑ̃t/ |
chantions /ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
chantiez /ʃɑ̃.tje/ |
chantent /ʃɑ̃t/ |
imperfect2 | chantasse /ʃɑ̃.tas/ |
chantasses /ʃɑ̃.tas/ |
chantât /ʃɑ̃.ta/ |
chantassions /ʃɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
chantassiez /ʃɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
chantassent /ʃɑ̃.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chante /ʃɑ̃t/ |
— | chantons /ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
chantez /ʃɑ̃.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “chanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "chanter"
Anagrams[edit]
Middle French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French chanter.
Verb[edit]
chanter
- to sing
Conjugation[edit]
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | chanter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | chantant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | chanté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | chante | chantes | chante | chantons | chantez | chantent |
imperfect | chantois, chantoys | chantois, chantoys | chantoit, chantoyt | chantions, chantyons | chantiez, chantyez | chantoient, chantoyent | |
past historic | chanta | chantas | chanta | chantasmes | chantastes | chanterent | |
future | chanterai, chanteray | chanteras | chantera | chanterons | chanterez | chanteront | |
conditional | chanterois, chanteroys | chanterois, chanteroys | chanteroit, chanteroyt | chanterions, chanteryons | chanteriez, chanteryez | chanteroient, chanteroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | chante | chantes | chante | chantons | chantez | chantent |
imperfect | chantasse | chantasses | chantast | chantassions | chantassiez | chantassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | chante | — | chantons | chantez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants[edit]
- French: chanter
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (“sing”, verb).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb[edit]
chanter (gerund chant'tie)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- canter (Normandy, Picardy, Anglo-Norman)
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
chanter
Conjugation[edit]
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | chanter | avoir chanté | |||||
gerund | en chantant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | chantant | ||||||
past participle | chanté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | chant | chantes | chante | chantons | chantez | chantent |
imperfect | chantoie, chanteie, chantoe, chanteve | chantoies, chanteies, chantoes, chanteves | chantoit, chanteit, chantot, chanteve | chantiiens, chantiens | chantiiez, chantiez | chantoient, chanteient, chantoent, chantevent | |
preterite | chantai | chantas | chanta | chantames | chantastes | chanterent | |
future | chanterai | chanteras | chantera | chanterons | chanteroiz, chantereiz, chanterez | chanteront | |
conditional | chanteroie, chantereie | chanteroies, chantereies | chanteroit, chantereit | chanteriiens, chanteriens | chanteriiez, chanteriez | chanteroient, chantereient | |
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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | chant | chanz | chant | chantons | chantez | chantent |
imperfect | chantasse | chantasses | chantast | chantissons, chantissiens | chantissoiz, 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 | vos | – | |
— | chante | — | chantons | chantez | — |
Synonyms[edit]
- (to retell): conter
Descendants[edit]
- Bourguignon: chantai
- Franc-Comtois: tchaintaie
- French: chanter
- Norman: canter
- Picard: canter
- Walloon: tchanter
- → Middle English: chaunten, chaunte, chawnton
Romansch[edit]
Verb[edit]
chanter
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂n-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
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- Rhymes:English/æntə(ɹ)
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- English lemmas
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- en:Highland games
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