chanter

English
Bagpipe chanter

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant +‎ -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)

Noun

chanter (plural chanters)

  1. One who chants or sings.
  2. A priest who sings in a chantry.
  3. 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.
  4. The hedge sparrow.
  5. (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Translations
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Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.te/
  • audio(file)

Verb

chanter

  1. (singing) to sing
  2. to crow

Conjugation
Conjugation of chanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple chanter
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chanter.

Verb

chanter

  1. to sing

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of chanter
infinitive simple chanter
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 – tu – nous vous –
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
  • French: chanter

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (“sing”, verb).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

chanter (gerund chant'tie)

  1. (Jersey) to sing
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 524:
      I' chànte coume ùn orateur.
      He sings like an orator.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.

Pronunciation
  • (classical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃanˈteːɾ/, (northern) /kan-/

Verb

chanter

  1. to pray (to God)
  2. to sing
  3. to retell, to recount

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of chanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive chanter avoir chanté
gerund en chantant gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— chante — chantons chantez —

Synonyms

Descendants

Romansch

Verb

chanter

  1. (Puter) Alternative form of chantar (“to sing”)
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