Definitions for chanttʃænt, tʃɑnt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

chanttʃænt, tʃɑnt(n.)

  1. a short, simple melody, esp. the monodic intonation of plainsong.

    Category: Music and Dance

  2. a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting.

    Category: Music and Dance

  3. a song; singing:

    the chant of a bird.

    Category: Music and Dance

  4. a phrase, slogan, or the like, repeated rhythmically and insistently, as by a crowd.

    Category: Music and Dance

  5. (v.t.)to sing to a chant, or in the manner of a chant, esp. in a church service.

    Category: Music and Dance

  6. to repeat (a phrase, slogan, etc.) rhythmically and insistently.

    Category: Music and Dance

  7. (v.i.)to utter a chant.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of chant:

1350–1400; (v.) ME < MF chanter < L cantāre, freq. of canere to sing; (n.) < F chant, OF < L cantus; see canto

chant′a•ble(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. chant(verb)

    a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

  2. chant, intone, intonate, cantillate(verb)

    recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

    "The rabbi chanted a prayer"

  3. tone, chant, intone(verb)

    utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

    "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. chant(verb)ʃænt, tʃɑnt

    to continuously repeat a word or a phrase

    The crowd were chanting his name.; a rhythmic chant

Wiktionary

  1. chant(Noun)

    Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

  2. chant(Verb)

    To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

  3. Origin: From chanter, from canto

Webster Dictionary

  1. Chant(verb)

    to utter with a melodious voice; to sing

  2. Chant(verb)

    to celebrate in song

  3. Chant(verb)

    to sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant

  4. Chant(verb)

    to make melody with the voice; to sing

  5. Chant(verb)

    to sing, as in reciting a chant

  6. Chant(verb)

    song; melody

  7. Chant(verb)

    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. Chant(verb)

    a psalm, etc., arranged for chanting

  9. Chant(verb)

    twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone


Translations for chant

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

chant(noun)

a kind of sacred song.

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