chanter

English
Bagpipe chanter

Etymology

chant +‎ -er. Compare French chanteur.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)

Noun

chanter (plural chanters)

  1. One who chants or sings.
  2. A priest who sings in a chantry.
  3. The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
  4. The hedge sparrow.
  5. (archaic) One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Translations
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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō (“I sing”), frequentative of canō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.te/
  • audio(file)

Verb

chanter

  1. to sing
  2. to crow

Conjugation
Conjugation of chanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle chantant
/ʃɑ̃.tɑ̃/
past participle chanté
/ʃɑ̃.te/
infinitive
simple chanter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple chantant
/ʃɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chanter.

Verb

chanter

  1. 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
simple compound
infinitive chanter avoir chanté
gerund en chantant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle chantant
past participle chanté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— chante — chantons chantez —

Descendants

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)

  1. (Jersey) to sing

Old French

Alternative forms
  • canter (Normandy, Picardy, Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

First known attestation circa 980 as canter. From Latin cantāre, present active infinitive of cantō (“I sing”).

Verb

chanter

  1. to pray (to God)
  2. to sing
  3. to retell, to recount

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— chante — chantons chantez —

Synonyms

Descendants
  • French: chanter
  • Bourguignon: chantai, tchantaie (Franche-Comté)
  • Gallo: cantë
  • Norman: cantaer
  • Picard: canter

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chantar
  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) cantar

Etymology

From Latin cantō, cantāre.

Verb

chanter

  1. (Puter) to sing
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