"chant" meaning in French

See chant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-chant.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-chant.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-chant.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-chant.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-chant.wav Forms: chants [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French chant, from Latin cantus. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|chant|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French chant, {{inh+|fr|fro|chant}} Inherited from Old French chant, {{inh|fr|la|cantus}} Latin cantus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chant m (plural chants)
  1. song Tags: masculine Synonyms: chanson
    Sense id: en-chant-fr-noun-Y~dciQsF
  2. the discipline of singing Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-chant-fr-noun-Lnk2oBMB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Singing Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Singing: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chant du cygne, chant grégorien Related terms: chanter

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        }
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    },
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}

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