Толковый словарь английского языка - chant
Chant
chant
I. verb Etymology: Middle English chaunten, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere to sing; akin to Old English hana rooster, Old Irish canid he sings Date: 14th century intransitive verb to make melodic sounds with the voice, to recite something in a monotonous repetitive tone , transitive verb to utter as in ~ing, to celebrate or praise in song or ~, II. noun Date: 1671 song 1, 2. plainsong , a rhythmic monotonous utterance or song, a composition for ~ing
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a spoken singsong phrase, esp. one performed in unison by a crowd etc. b a repetitious singsong way of speaking. 2 Mus. a a short musical passage in two or more phrases used for singing unmetrical words, e.g. psalms, canticles. b the psalm or canticle so sung. c a song, esp. monotonous or repetitive. 3 a musical recitation, esp. of poetry. --v.tr. & intr. 1 talk or repeat monotonously (a crowd chanting slogans). 2 sing or intone (a psalm etc.). Etymology: ME (orig. as verb) f. OF chanter sing f. L cantare frequent. of canere cant- sing ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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