chantre

French

Etymology

From Old French chantere (nominative form), from Latin cantor. Compare chanteur, derived from the Latin accusative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃tʁ/
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Noun

chantre m (plural chantres)

(archaic) singer, songster
(religion) cantor
(literary) bard, minstrel
(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.

Related terms

Further reading

“chantre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

chanter
tranche, tranché

Portuguese

Noun

chantre m (plural chantres)

chanter (a priest who sings in a chantry)

Spanish

Noun

chantre m or f (plural chantres)

chanter, precentor

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