chanter
English
Bagpipe chanter
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æntə(ɹ), -ɑːntə(ɹ)
Noun
chanter (plural chanters)
Translations
one who chants or sings
the pipe of a bagpipe
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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/
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “chanter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- Comment-conjuguer.fr - online conjugation of "chanter"
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French chanter.
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 | — | ||
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chanter, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantō, cantare (“sing”, verb).
Pronunciation
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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”).
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
- (to retell): conter
Romansch
Etymology
From Latin cantō, cantāre.
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