chantre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chantre, from Latin cantor, via the nominative form. Compare chanteur, derived from the Latin accusative cantōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃tʁ/

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Noun

chantre m or f by sense (plural chantres, feminine chantresse)

1. (archaic, singing) singer, songster
2. (religion) cantor
3. (literary) bard, minstrel
4. (figuratively) figurehead; champion; advocate

   Friedrich Nietzsche est le chantre de l'apocalypse de la modernité.

   Friedrich Nietzsche is the champion of the apocalypse of modernity.

   • 2011 October 31, Frédéric Lewino, “Mouna aurait cent ans”, in Le Point‎^[1]:

     Le chantre de la paix et de la bouffonnerie n'amuse pas les jeunes révolutionnaires qui rêvent d'en découdre. "Le bouffon ne fait plus rire. Il gêne", écrit Anne Gallois.

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Related terms

• chanson
• chanter
• chantreresse (attested in the 16th century)
• chanteur

Further reading

• “chantre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• chanter
• tranche, tranché

Middle English

Noun

chantre

1. alternative form of chaunterie

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.tɾe/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.tɾɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐ̃.tɾɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɐ̃.tɾɨ/

• Hyphenation: chan‧tre

Noun

chantre m (plural chantres)

1. chanter (a priest who sings in a chantry)

Further reading

• “chantre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “chantre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chantre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃantɾe/ [ˈt͡ʃãn̪.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -antɾe
• Syllabification: chan‧tre

Noun

chantre m or f by sense (plural chantres)

1. precentor (person who leads songs or prayers)

Further reading

• “chantre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025