plain-chant
French, noun\plɛ̃.ʃɑ̃\
plain-chant is a French masculine noun meaning “plainsong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chant ordinaire de l’Église catholique romaine, dans lequel toutes les voix se font entendre à l’unisson et a…”.
What does plain-chant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplainsong
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chant ordinaire de l’Église catholique romaine, dans lequel toutes les voix se font entendre à l’unisson et a cappella. 2. Hespérie du faux-buis.
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 plain-chant
- plains-chants plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plain-chant?
- \plɛ̃.ʃɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plain-chant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.