Chanterelle
a mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, having a bright yellow-to-orange funnel-shaped cap, a favorite edible species in France.
noun
any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Cantharellus, esp C. cibarius, having an edible yellow funnel-shaped mushroom: family Cantharellaceae
noun
See girolle
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a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- Chanteuse
a female singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets. noun a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret n. “female singer of popular songs,” 1888, from French chanteuse (16c.), fem. agent noun of chanter “to sing” (see chant (v.)). In Old French, the word was chanteresse.
- Chantey
a sailors’ song, especially one sung in rhythm to work. noun (pl) -teys the usual US spelling of shanty2
- Chanticleer
a rooster: used as a proper name in medieval fables. noun a name for a cock, used esp in fables n. “a cock,” c.1300, from Old French Chantecler “sing-loud” (Modern French Chanteclair), name of the cock in medieval stories of Reynard the Fox; from chanter “to sing” (see chant (v.)) + cler (see clear (adj.)).
- Chanty
chantey. a sailors’ song, especially one sung in rhythm to work. noun (pl) -ties a variant of shanty2 noun (pl) -teys the usual US spelling of shanty2 n. 1856, also shanty, chantey; probably an alteration of French chanter “to sing” (see chant (v.)); perhaps from French chantez, imperative of chanter.