Meaning

5 senses
  1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.

    песнопе́ниеpesnopénije

  2. A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.

  3. A short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.

    A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.

  4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.

  5. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

    a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

Examples

47 sentences
  1. They've been chanting for thirty minutes.

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  2. The whole crowd joined in the chant.

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  3. Tom was chanting in a foreign language.

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  4. The crowd held up homemade signs and started chanting.

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  5. The crowd began to chant.

    ruТолпа начала скандировать.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
type of singing:

Origin

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Double

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.

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