chanter
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Bagpipe chanter
English
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)
- 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
one who chants or sings
the pipe of a bagpipe
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Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
chanter
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “chanter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "chanter"
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chanter.
Verb
chanter
- 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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 , 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 , 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)
Old French
Alternative forms
- canter (Normandy, Picardy, Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Latin cantāre. First known attestation ca. 980 as canter.
Pronunciation
Verb
chanter
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
- (to retell): conter
Descendants
- Bourguignon: chantai
- Franc-Comtois: tchaintaie
- French: chanter
- Norman: canter
- Picard: canter
- Walloon: tchanter
- → Middle English: chaunten, chaunte, chawnton
Romansch
Verb
chanter