chantage
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.taʒ/
chantage is spelled C-H-A-N-T-A-G-E (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chantage is a French masculine noun meaning “blackmail, shakedown (threat to obtain some advantage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’extorquer de l’argent à quelqu’un en le menaçant de le diffamer ou de le dénoncer”.
What does chantage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblackmail, shakedown (threat to obtain some advantage)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’extorquer de l’argent à quelqu’un en le menaçant de le diffamer ou de le dénoncer. 2. Action de contraindre quelqu’un en le menaçant de quelque chose.
noun: 1. Type de pêche où l'on fait du bruit pour chasser le poisson dans les filets.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chantage
- chantages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chantage?
- /ʃɑ̃.taʒ/
- \ʃɑ̃.taʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chantage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chantage in French?
chantage appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).