chantant

[ shahn-tahn; French shahn-tahn ]

adjective

, Music.

1. melodious; tuneful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chantant¹

1780–90; < French: present participle of chanter to sing; chant

Example Sentences

Towards four o'clock everybody showed a tendency to migrate in the direction of the café chantant.

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“Toujours chantant, toujours riant” (Always singing, always laughing), were the words of the lieutenant who fired the battery.

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There was one special song we heard very often rising up from the Café Chantant, in the room at the dug-out.

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A band was playing in a cafe chantant hidden somewhere among the trees, and a woman had just stopped singing.

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"Monsieur would make a fortune in the café-chantant," commented Gaston.

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