CHANT
What does "CHANT" mean?
A repeated rhythmic phrase sung or recited, often by a group or in worship.
Meanings
- A short, repeated rhythmic phrase sung or shouted, often by a crowd. The stadium broke into a chant as the home team scored.
- A monotonous or sacred song, especially one used in religious worship. The monks' chant filled the stone chapel at dawn.
- To sing or recite in a repeated, rhythmic way. The protesters chanted slogans as they marched.
Did you know?
- To 'enchant' someone literally meant to sing over them: 'enchant' and 'chant' share the Latin root 'cantare', so a spell was once something you sang into being.
Word origin
From Old French 'chanter' ('to sing'), from Latin 'cantare', a frequentative of 'canere' ('to sing'); the same root gives 'chant', 'cantata', and 'enchant', literally 'to sing a spell upon'.
Remember it
A CHANT can enCHANT - hear the spell hidden inside the repeated, rhythmic word.
A little poem
One voice, then the crowd-
the same three words climb the walls
until stone repeats.
haiku
Wordplay
- The choir director asked for more devotion. Now they sing every line twice - they really can't chant just once.
What it teaches
Repeat a phrase often enough and it stops being words - it becomes a wall, a spell, or a belief.
Quick facts
What does CHANT mean?
A repeated rhythmic phrase sung or recited, often by a group or in worship.
Is CHANT a valid word?
Yes — CHANT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CHANT?
CHANT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CHANT come from?
From Old French 'chanter' ('to sing'), from Latin 'cantare', a frequentative of 'canere' ('to sing'); the same root gives 'chant', 'cantata', and 'enchant', literally 'to sing a spell upon'.
What can CHANT teach us?
Repeat a phrase often enough and it stops being words - it becomes a wall, a spell, or a belief.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.