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1. (n.) chant
a short, simple melody, esp. the monodic intonation of plainsong.
2. chant
a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting.
3. chant
a song; singing:
the chant of a bird.
4. chant
a phrase, slogan, or the like, repeated rhythmically and insistently, as by a crowd.
5. (v.t.) chant
to sing to a chant, or in the manner of a chant, esp. in a church service.
6. chant
to repeat (a phrase, slogan, etc.) rhythmically and insistently.
7. (v.i.) chant
to utter a chant.
Etymology: (1350–1400; (v.) ME < MF chanter < L cantāre, freq. of canere to sing; (n.) < F
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chant
a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
2. (verb) chant, intone, intonate, cantillate
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
"The rabbi chanted a prayer"
3. (verb) tone, chant, intone
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
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1. (verb) chant
to continuously repeat a word or a phrase
The crowd were chanting his name.; a rhythmic chant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) chant
to utter with a melodious voice; to sing
2. (verb) chant
to celebrate in song
3. (verb) chant
to sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant
4. (verb) chant
to make melody with the voice; to sing
5. (verb) chant
to sing, as in reciting a chant
6. (verb) chant
song; melody
7. (verb) chant
a short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music
8. (verb) chant
a psalm, etc., arranged for chanting
9. (verb) chant
twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone
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Sense: to recite in a singing manner
The monks were chanting their prayers.
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 Afrikaans: sing-praat |
 Arabic: يُرتـل، يُنشد |
 Bulgarian: повтарям монотонно |
 Brazilian: entoar |
 Czech: zpěvavě odříkávat |
 German: singen |
 Danish: messe |
 Greek: ψάλλω |
 Spanish: cantar |
 Estonian: poollauldes lugema |
 Farsi: بطور موزون گفتن |
 Finnish: messuta |
 French: psalmodier |
 Hebrew: לָשִיר |
 Hindi: अलापना |
 Croatian: jadnolično pjevati |
 Hungarian: énekel |
 Indonesian: melagukan |
 Icelandic: syngja, tóna |
 Italian: salmodiare |
 Japanese: 唱える |
 Korean: 성가를 부르다 |
 Lithuanian: giedoti |
 Latvian: dziedāt (psalmus) |
 Malay: dikir |
 Dutch: op a aa an toon zingen |
 Norwegian: synge ensformig |
 Polish: recytować śpiewnie |
 Persian: بطور موزون گفتن |
 Pashto: سندرې ويل: سندروغوندې خبظ |
 Portuguese: entoar |
 Romanian: a psalmodia |
 Russian: читать нараспев |
 Slovak: monotónne odriekať |
 Slovenian: peti |
 Serbian: pevati |
 Swedish: mässa, rabbla |
 Thai: ท่องบทสวดเป็นทำนอง |
 Turkish: okumak, söylemek |
 Taiwanese: 吟詠 |
 Ukrainian: говорити, читати співуче |
 Urdu: لہک لہک کر پٹھنا |
 Vietnamese: xướng |
 Chinese: 吟唱 |
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