chanterelle
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chanterelle, from New Latin cantharellus, diminutive of Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos). Probably of Pre-Greek origin, cognate with Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑 (/kanduru/, “kind of vessel”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒉡𒌉 (/gannu-tur/, “small vessel; potstand”, literally “little vessel, container, holder”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chanterelle (plural chanterelles)
- (mycology) A widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
- 1979, Angela Carter, ‘The Erl-King’, The Bloody Chamber, Vintage, published 2006, page 98:
- Even the homely wood blewits, that you cook like tripe, with milk and onions, and the egg-yolk yellow chanterelle with its fan-vaulting and faint smell of apricots, all spring up overnight like bubbles of earth, unsustained by nature, existing in a void.
- (music) The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.
Synonyms edit
- (mushroom): girolle
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Cantharellus cibarius
Further reading edit
- chanterelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the genus name, New Latin Cantharellus, from Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”).
Noun edit
chanterelle f (plural chanterelles)
- (mycology) chanterelle
- Synonym: girolle
Descendants edit
- → English: chanterelle
- → Finnish: kantarelli
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
chanterelle f (plural chanterelles)
- (music) chanterelle (highest string of the violin or similar instrument)
Further reading edit
- “chanterelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.