chantant

[ shahn-tahn; French shahn-tahn ]

/ ʃɑnˈtɑ̃; French ʃɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ /

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adjective Music.

melodious; tuneful.

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Origin of chantant

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

Words nearby chantant

Chanson de Roland, chansonette, chansonnier, chant, chantage, chantant, Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin, chantefable, chanter, chanterelle, chanteur

How to use chantant in a sentence

Towards four o'clock everybody showed a tendency to migrate in the direction of the café chantant.
The Leader of the Lower School|Angela Brazil
“Toujours chantant, toujours riant” (Always singing, always laughing), were the words of the lieutenant who fired the battery.
Battery E in France|Frederic R. Kilner
There was one special song we heard very often rising up from the Café Chantant, in the room at the dug-out.
Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp
A band was playing in a cafe chantant hidden somewhere among the trees, and a woman had just stopped singing.
The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton

"Monsieur would make a fortune in the café-chantant," commented Gaston.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various