chanticleer

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chanticleer

/ˈtʃɑːntɪˌklɪə/ UK
/t͡ʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ US
/ˈʃæntəˌklɪɹ/ US

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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.

noun chanticleers

archaic, literary A domestic rooster or cock, especially in fables and fairy tales. When I did hear / The motley fool, thus moral on the time, / My lungs began to crow like chanticleer, / That fools should be so deep-contemplative[…].

verb chanticleers · chanticleering · chanticleered

To make the crowing sound of a cock.
To crow in exultation.

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@misc{chanticleer_2026,
  title = {chanticleer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chanticleer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}