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Is chant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chant is a Scrabble US word. The word chant is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is chant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chant is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

CHANT,NATCH,

4-letter words (7 found)

CANT,CHAT,HANT,NACH,TACH,TANH,THAN,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACH,ACT,ANT,CAN,CAT,CHA,HAN,HAT,NAH,NAT,NTH,TAN,

2-letter words (7 found)

AH,AN,AT,CH,HA,NA,TA,

You can make 28 words from chant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chant

chant hcant cahnt achnt hacnt ahcnt chnat hcnat cnhat nchat hncat nhcat canht acnht cnaht ncaht ancht nacht hanct ahnct hnact nhact anhct nahct chatn hcatn cahtn achtn hactn ahctn chtan hctan cthan tchan htcan thcan cathn acthn ctahn tcahn atchn tachn hatcn ahtcn htacn thacn athcn tahcn chnta hcnta cnhta nchta hncta nhcta chtna hctna cthna tchna htcna thcna cntha nctha ctnha tcnha ntcha tncha hntca nhtca htnca thnca nthca tnhca canth acnth cnath ncath ancth nacth catnh actnh ctanh tcanh atcnh tacnh cntah nctah ctnah tcnah ntcah tncah antch natch atnch tanch ntach tnach hantc ahntc hnatc nhatc anhtc nahtc hatnc ahtnc htanc thanc athnc tahnc hntac nhtac htnac thnac nthac tnhac anthc nathc atnhc tanhc ntahc tnahc

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Definitions and meaning of chant

chant

Alternative forms

  • (archaic) chaunt

Etymology

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɑːnt/, /t͡ʃænt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃænt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːnt, -ænt

Verb

chant (third-person singular simple present chants, present participle chanting, simple past and past participle chanted)

  1. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
  2. To sing or intone sacred text.
  3. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

Derived terms

  • chanting goshawk

Translations

Noun

chant (plural chants)

  1. Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
  2. (music) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.
  3. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
  4. A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

Anagrams

  • natch

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

chant

  1. inflection of chanten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

  • nacht

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chant, from Latin cantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃/

Noun

chant m (plural chants)

  1. song
    Synonym: chanson
  2. the discipline of singing

Derived terms

  • chant du cygne

Related terms

  • chanter

Descendants

  • → Turkish: şan

Further reading

  • “chant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chant.

Pronunciation

Noun

chant m (plural chants or chants)

  1. song

Descendants

  • French: chant

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French chant.

Noun

chant m (plural chants)

  1. (Jersey) song

Synonyms

  • chanson

Old French

Etymology

From Latin cantus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (early) /ˈtʃant/
  • IPA(key): (late) /ˈʃant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

chant oblique singular, m (oblique plural chanz or chantz, nominative singular chanz or chantz, nominative plural chant)

  1. song

Synonyms

  • chançon

Descendants

  • Middle French: chant
    • French: chant

Romansch

Verb

chant

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chantar

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χant/

Noun

chant

  1. Aspirate mutation of cant.

Mutation


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