English Explanatory Dictionary

chanticleer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales.
verb
  1. To make the crowing sound of a cock.
  2. To crow in exultation.

Pronunciation

/ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪə/ chänʹtĭklĭr' /t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ /ˈʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ chănʹtəklĭr' shănʹtəklĭr'

Word forms

chanticleer chanticleers chanticleering chanticleered

Etymology

] From Middle English Chauntecleer, from Old French Chantecler (modern French Chanteclair), the proper name of the cock in the literary cycle of Reynard the Fox, that also gave origin to chantecler, the name of a chicken breed; from chanter (“to sing, to crow”) + cler (“clear, clearly”). Attested in English since 1250–1300.

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