chant — meaning and pronunciation
Pronounced /CHAHNT/
Meaning
A vocal performance, usually rhythmic and often spiritual, without instrumental accompaniment. This is an English loanword commonly used in Hawaiian context.
How to pronounce chant
Hawaiian vowels are always sounded separately. A kahakō (line above a vowel) lengthens it; the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in “uh-oh”.
Frequently asked
What does chant mean?
A vocal performance, usually rhythmic and often spiritual, without instrumental accompaniment. This is an English loanword commonly used in Hawaiian context.
How do you pronounce chant?
chant is pronounced /CHAHNT/. Each vowel in Hawaiian is sounded separately, and the ʻokina (ʻ) is a glottal stop, like the pause in "uh-oh".
Is chant a noun?
Yes — chant is classified as a noun in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, within the Music category.
Where does this definition come from?
Definitions and pronunciations on hawaiian-words.com are drawn from the authoritative Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary (rev. ed. 1986), the standard scholarly reference for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.