chanter
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːntə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
- Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)
Noun edit
chanter (plural chanters)
- One who chants or sings.
- A priest who sings in a chantry.
- 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.
- 1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
- The hedge sparrow.
- (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Translations edit
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Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chanter
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | chanter | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “chanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "chanter"
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chanter.
Verb edit
chanter
- to sing
Conjugation edit
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | chanter | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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 edit
- French: chanter
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (“sing”, verb).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb edit
chanter (gerund chant'tie)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- canter (Normandy, Picardy, Anglo-Norman)
Etymology edit
From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
chanter
Conjugation edit
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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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 edit
- (to retell): conter
Descendants edit
Romansch edit
Verb edit
chanter