chantantadj.

Brit.

/ˌʃɒnˈtɒ̃/,

/ˈtʃɑːntənt/,

/ˈtʃantənt/, U.S.

/ˌʃɑnˈtɑnt/,

/ˈtʃæntənt/

Forms: 1700s chantante (after French feminine form), 1700s– chantant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French chantant, chanter.

Etymology: < French chantant (1725 or earlier in music; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘that is fond of singing’; the specific heraldic use is apparently not paralleled in French), use as adjective of present participle of chanter to sing (see chant v.).

†1. Heraldry. Of a bird: represented as singing. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1716 in S. Kent Gram. Heraldry List of Subscribers sig. X Crest. On a Torce a Nightingal chantant, resting her self on a thorny Bough.

2. Of a piece or passage of music: that is in a singing style; reminiscent of vocal music; melodic, tuneful. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious

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merryOE

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sugaredc1430

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1785 C. Burney Acct. Musical Performances 32 The second movement,..is so chantant, as perpetually to remind the hearer of a vocal duet.

1822 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 203 The introduction is very chantant and graceful.

1963 R. Donington Interpr. Early Music ii. x. 113 Galant music grew more chantant with the changing artistic climate of the second half of the eighteenth century.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chantant
释义	chantantadj. Brit. /ˌʃɒnˈtɒ̃/, /ˈtʃɑːntənt/, /ˈtʃantənt/, U.S. /ˌʃɑnˈtɑnt/, /ˈtʃæntənt/ Forms: 1700s chantante (after French feminine form), 1700s– chantant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French chantant, chanter. Etymology: < French chantant (1725 or earlier in music; 13th cent. in Old French in sense ‘that is fond of singing’; the specific heraldic use is apparently not paralleled in French), use as adjective of present participle of chanter to sing (see chant v.). †1. Heraldry. Of a bird: represented as singing. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1716 in S. Kent Gram. Heraldry List of Subscribers sig. X Crest. On a Torce a Nightingal chantant, resting her self on a thorny Bough. 2. Of a piece or passage of music: that is in a singing style; reminiscent of vocal music; melodic, tuneful. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious sweetc900 merryOE softc1230 accordanta1325 well-soundingc1350 cordant1382 sootc1385 songfula1400 melodiousa1425 sugaredc1430 well-toneda1500 tunable1504 dulcea1513 equivalenta1513 consonant?1521 harmonicala1527 harmoniousc1550 consorteda1586 Orphean1593 concentful1595 melodical1596 sweet-recording1598 tuneful1598 sirenical1599 high-tuned1603 nightingale-like1611 soundful?1615 according1626 modulaminous1637 undiscording1645 canorous1646 symphonious1652 concinnous1654 consonous1654 harmonic1667 sirenica1704 symphonial1773 concentual1782 chantant1785 Memnonian1800 melodized1807 Orphic1817 undiscordant1819 concentuous1850 fluting1852 melodic1871 well-orchestrated1872 jarless1876 tuny1885 tunesome1890 1785 C. Burney Acct. Musical Performances 32 The second movement,..is so chantant, as perpetually to remind the hearer of a vocal duet. 1822 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. Apr. 203 The introduction is very chantant and graceful. 1963 R. Donington Interpr. Early Music ii. x. 113 Galant music grew more chantant with the changing artistic climate of the second half of the eighteenth century. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1716
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