chant: [14] The Latin verb for ‘sing’ was canere (possibly related to English hen). A form derived from it to denote repeated action was cantāre ‘keep on singing’, a rich source of English words. From its French descendant chanter we have chant and the derived chantry [14]; from Italian, cantata [18], originally a past participle; and from the Latin noun cantus ‘song’ the derivatives accent, descant, and canticle [13], as well as (via Italian) canto [16]. Cant ‘hypocritical talk’ is probably from the same source, and shanty or chanty ‘sailor’s song’ is also related. => accent, cant, cantata, canto, chanty, descant, hen, incantation, recant
chant (v.)
late 14c., from Old French chanter "to sing, celebrate" (12c.), from Latin cantare "to sing," originally frequentative of canere "sing" (which it replaced), from PIE root *kan- "to sing" (cognates: Greek eikanos "cock," Old English hana "cock," both literally "bird who sings for sunrise;" Old Irish caniaid "sings," Welsh canu "sing"). The frequentative quality of the word was no longer felt in Latin, and by the time French emerged the word had entirely displaced canere. Related: Chanted; chanting.
chant (n.)
1670s, from chant (v.), or else from French chant (12c.), from Latin cantus "song, a singing; bird-song," from past participle stem of canere.
实用例句
1. He was greeted by the chant of "Judas! Judas!".
人们看见他就反复不停地喊：“犹大！犹大！”来自柯林斯例句
2. Her father had been a mer-chant seaman, absent for much of her child-hood.
她爸爸曾是商船船员，在她童年的大部分时光里都不在她身边。来自柯林斯例句
3. Worldly people chant the name of God, but there is no zeal behind it.
世人唱着神的圣名，却没有了热诚。来自辞典例句
4. Sohar passed the headland at Muscat to a chant.
