chanterelle
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃæntəɹɛl/, /ʃɒntəˈɹɛl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editchanterelle (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
editTranslations
editCantharellus cibarius
Further reading
edit- chanterelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the genus name, New Latin Cantharellus, from Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”).
Noun
editchanterelle f (plural chanterelles)
- (mycology) chanterelle
- Synonym: girolle
Descendants
edit- → English: chanterelle
- → Finnish: kantarelli
Etymology 2
editNoun
editchanterelle 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.
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