chant

Meaning

Verb

1. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
2. To sing or intone sacred text.
3. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
4. (archaic, transitive) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Noun

1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
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.
4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
5. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

Synonyms

sing

recite

intone

song

🎶

read

📖

hymn

intonate

cantillate

read aloud

tone

recitation

canticle

repeat

🔁

hum

singing

yodel

harmonize

tune

utter

vocalize

carol

call upon

croon

sacred song

exercise

pray

🛐

quaver

raise

rallying cry

receive

recital

recitative

remove

sigh

singsong

slogan

strain

surfboard

take

trill

warble

witch

psalmodize

say one’s prayers

sing in chorus

yodle

sacred text

religious song

offer a prayer

recite the rosary

Translations

canto

scander

zingen

chanter

cantar

cantar

Gesang

Kirchenlied

şarkı söylemek

şarkı

singen

lied

🎶

canto

càntic

cantar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɑːnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chaunten

In summary

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