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chants

chants is the plural of chant.

chants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chant.

Meaning of chant

Noun

chant (plural chants)

  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.
    1. (Anglicanism) A harmonized melody used in Anglican chant, usually split into two two-bar phrases, to which the words of a psalm are sung by a choir; typically, each musical phrase corresponds to the text of half of a verse.
  3. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
    • His strange face, his strange chant.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
  4. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

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Proper noun capitalized: Chants

Chants

  1. (plural) plural of Chant

Phrases with chants

Questions about chants

What is chants the plural of?
Chants is the plural of chant.
What part of speech is chants?
Chants is a proper noun.

Words near chants in the dictionary

  1. chantresses
  2. Chantrey
  3. chantries
  4. chantriolide
  5. chantry
  6. chants
  7. chantuelle
  8. chantuelles
  9. chantwell
  10. chantwells
  11. chanty

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