English edit

 
Bagpipe chanter

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Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

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.

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Etymology edit

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

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chanter

  1. (singing) to sing
  2. to crow

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Middle French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French chanter.

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chanter

  1. 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.

Descendants edit

  • French: chanter

Norman edit

Etymology edit

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

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chanter (gerund chant'tie)

  1. (Jersey) to sing

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

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

Verb edit

chanter

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

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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.

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chanter

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