chantre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chantre, from Latin cantor, via the nominative form. Compare chanteur, derived from the Latin accusative cantōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃tʁ/
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Noun

chantre m or f by sense (plural chantres, feminine chantresse)

  1. (archaic) (singing) singer, songster
  2. (religion) cantor
  3. (literary) bard, minstrel
  4. (figuratively) figurehead; champion; advocate
    Friedrich Nietzsche est le chantre de l’apocalypse de la modernité.
    Friedrich Nietzsche is the champion of the apocalypse of modernity.

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Middle English

Noun

chantre

  1. Alternative form of chaunterie

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: chan‧tre

Noun

chantre m (plural chantres)

  1. chanter (a priest who sings in a chantry)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chantre.

Noun

chantre m or f by sense (plural chantres)

  1. precentor (person who leads songs or prayers)

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