chanty

Questions about chanty

What does chanty mean?

chanty means "a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors".

How many syllables are in chanty?

chanty has 2 syllables and divides as chan-ty under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chanty?

Close synonyms include chantey, sea chantey, shanty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chanty a common word?

chanty is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.