"chanter" meaning in French

See chanter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʃɑ̃.te/ Audio: Fr-chanter.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre. Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|chanter|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French chanter, {{inh+|fr|frm|chanter}} Inherited from Middle French chanter, {{inh|fr|fro|chanter}} Old French chanter, {{inh|fr|la|canto|cantāre}} Latin cantāre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} chanter Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], chanter [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], chantant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], chanté [participle, past], chante [first-person, indicative, present, singular], ʃɑ̃t [first-person, indicative, present, singular], chantes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], chante [indicative, present, singular, third-person], chantons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], chantez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], chantent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], chantais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], chantais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], chantait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], chantions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], chantiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], chantaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], chantai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], chantas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], chanta [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], chantâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], chantâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], chantèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], chanterai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], chanteras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], chantera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], chanterons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], chanterez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], chanteront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], chanterais [conditional, first-person, singular], chanterais [conditional, second-person, singular], chanterait [conditional, singular, third-person], chanterions [conditional, first-person, plural], chanteriez [conditional, plural, second-person], chanteraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], chante [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], ʃɑ̃t [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], chantes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], chante [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], chantions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], chantiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], chantent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], chantasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], chantasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], chantât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], chantassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], chantassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], chantassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], chante [imperative, second-person, singular], chantons [first-person, imperative, plural], chantez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (singing) to sing Categories (topical): Singing
    Sense id: en-chanter-fr-verb-e1aXhU~s Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 50 50
  2. to crow
    Sense id: en-chanter-fr-verb-Tf64srOY Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chanteur, chantage, chantable, faire chanter Related terms: chanson, chant, chantonner, chantre

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chanteur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chantage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chantable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire chanter"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "chanteren",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: chanteren",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: chanteren"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French chanter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "chanter"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "chanter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French chanter",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "canto",
        "4": "cantāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cantāre",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantant",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chanté",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chante",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʃɑ̃t",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantes",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chante",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantons",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantent",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantais",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantais",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantait",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantions",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantiez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantaient",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantai",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantas",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanta",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantâmes",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantâtes",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantèrent",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterai",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanteras",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantera",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterons",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanteront",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterais",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterais",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterait",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanterions",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanteriez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tə.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chanteraient",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chante",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʃɑ̃t",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantes",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chante",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantions",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantiez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantent",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantasse",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantasses",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantât",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.ta/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantassions",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantassiez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.ta.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantassent",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chante",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃t/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantons",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.tɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chantez",
      "ipa": "/ʃɑ̃.te/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "chanter",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chanson"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chantonner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chantre"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Singing",
          "orig": "fr:Singing",
          "parents": [
            "Music",
            "Talking",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "chanter comme une casserole",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "chanter comme une seringue",
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