chant
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern musicTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
» They've been chanting for thirty minutes.
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4 sensesTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
петьpetʹ
To sing or intone sacred text.
To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
skandieren, im Sprechchor rufen
скандироватьskandirovatʹ
скандува́тиskanduváty
(archaic, transitive)To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Examples
47 sentencesThey've been chanting for thirty minutes.
The whole crowd joined in the chant.
Tom was chanting in a foreign language.
The crowd held up homemade signs and started chanting.
The crowd began to chant.
ruТолпа начала скандировать. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). DoubleFrom Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.
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Forms
chants, chanting, chanted, chantedSynonyms
4 synonyms- recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm:intoneintonatecantillate
- utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically:toneintone
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.