chanterelle

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French chanterelle, from New Latin cantharellus, diminutive of Latin cantharus (drinking vessel), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos). Probably of Pre-Greek origin, cognate with Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑 (/⁠kanduru⁠/, kind of vessel), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒉡𒌉 (/⁠gannu-tur⁠/, small vessel; potstand, literally little vessel, container, holder).

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃæntəɹɛl/, /ʃɒntəˈɹɛl/
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Noun[edit]

chanterelle (plural chanterelles)

  1. (mycology) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
    • 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 98:
      Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void.
  2. (music) The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.
    • 2003, Paul Bowles, edited by Timothy Mangan and Irene Herrmann, Paul Bowles on Music, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 123:
      There were hushed moments of complete beauty when the melody moved out and hung above the chanterelle like a hummingbird poised over a flower.

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Etymology 1[edit]

From the genus name, New Latin Cantharellus, from Latin cantharus (drinking vessel).

Noun[edit]

chanterelle f (plural chanterelles)

  1. (mycology) chanterelle
    Synonym: girolle
Descendants[edit]
  • English: chanterelle
  • Finnish: kantarelli

Etymology 2[edit]

From chanter +‎ -elle.

Noun[edit]

chanterelle f (plural chanterelles)

  1. (music) chanterelle (highest string of the violin or similar instrument)

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