Found 3 items, similar to chant.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: chant nyanyian gereja
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chant chant n : a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone chant v 1: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; “The rabbi chanted a prayer” [syn: intone, intonate, cantillate] 2: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; “The students chanted the same slogan over and over again” [syn: tone, intone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chant Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.] 1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. [1913 Webster] The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To celebrate in song. [1913 Webster] The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. [1913 Webster] Chant \Chant\, v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. “Chant to the sound of the viol.” --Amos vi. 5. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [1913 Webster] To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Chant \Chant\, n. [F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.] 1. Song; melody. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. [1913 Webster] 4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] [1913 Webster] His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian. [1913 Webster] ||