chant

  • 31chant — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ritual, traditional ▪ Gregorian ▪ a group of monks singing Gregorian chant ▪ football (BrE) ▪ …

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  • 32chant — I UK [tʃɑːnt] / US [tʃænt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms chant : present tense I/you/we/they chant he/she/it chants present participle chanting past tense chanted past participle chanted 1) to keep shouting or singing a word or phrase …

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  • 33Chant — 1Chant [ʃã:] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. chant, dies aus lat. cantus, vgl. ↑Cantus>: a) Gesang, Lied, Melodie; b) Teil eines Epos; Chant royal [ʃãro̯a jal]: franz. Gedichtform des Mittelalters. Chant 2 2Chant [tʃɑ:nt] der; s, s <aus… …

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  • 34chant — chant1 [ tʃænt ] noun 1. ) count a word or phrase that people keep shouting or singing many times: The crowd of 60,000 started a chant of Go! Go! Go! 2. ) count or uncount a piece of religious music sung using a very limited range of notes, or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35chant — {{11}}chant (n.) 1670s, from Fr. chant, from L. cantus, from pp. stem of canere (see CHANT (Cf. chant) (v.)). {{12}}chant (v.) late 14c., from O.Fr. chanter to sing, celebrate (12c.), from L. cantare, frequentative of canere sing, from PIE root… …

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  • 36chant — [[t]tʃænt, tʃɑnt[/t]] n. 1) mad a short, simple melody, esp. the monodic intonation of plainsong 2) mad a psalm, canticle, or the like, chanted or for chanting 3) mad a song; singing: the chant of a bird[/ex] 4) mad a phrase, slogan, or the like …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37chant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. Gregorian, Roman, or Anglican chant; plainsong or chant; intonation, incantation; psalm, canticle, requiem. See music, rite. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. religious song, incantation, plainsong, Gregorian… …

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  • 38chant — /tʃænt / (say chant), /tʃant / (say chahnt) noun 1. a song; singing. 2. a short, simple melody, specifically one characterised by single notes to which an indefinite number of syllables are intoned, used in singing the psalms, canticles, etc., in …

  • 39Chant — This interesting and unusual surname is of Old French origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a singer in a chantry, a chorister or precentor. The derivation is from the Old Norman French cant , Old French chant , singing, song. Job… …

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  • 40chant — abouchant accouchant accrochant affichant affourchant aguichant alléchant amochant amourachant approchant arrachant asséchant attachant bambochant banchant bavochant bichant bouchant branchant brochant bronchant bâchant bêchant cachant chant… …

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