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.
例文
1. He was greeted by the chant of "Judas! Judas!".
人々は彼を見ると、「ユダ！ユダ！」と繰り返し叫んだ。Her father had been a mer- chant seaman，absent for much of her child-hood.
彼女の父は商船の船員で、彼女の子供の頃のほとんどの時間に彼女のそばにいなかった。
3.Worldly people chant the name of God,but there is no zeal behind it.
世間は神の聖名を歌っているが、情熱はなくなっている。
4.Sohar passed the headland at Muscat to a chant .