Definitions for chanterelle

chanterelle chan·te·relle

Spelling: [shan-tuh-rel, chan-]
IPA: /ˌʃæn təˈrɛl, ˌtʃæn-/

Chanterelle is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 589 anagrams from letters in chanterelle (aceeehllnrt).

Definitions for chanterelle

noun

  1. a mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, having a bright yellow-to-orange funnel-shaped cap, a favorite edible species in France.

Origin of chanterelle

1765-75; French New Latin cantharella, equivalent to Latin canthar(us) tankard (Greek kántharos) + -ella diminutive suffix

Examples for chanterelle

The night I heard him he played the Mendelssohn concerto, and at the beginning of the slow movement his chanterelle broke.

The chanterelle does not lie over the finger-board and is always played open by the thumb.

It had from four to eight courses of strings, the chanterelle or melody string being single and the others in pairs of unisons.

Praetorius calls this an octave lute, with the chanterelle C or D.

In the tables of accordance here given, the chanterelle is indicated by a X.

Word Value for chanterelle
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Words with friends

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