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Meaning of "chantage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHANTAGE

chantage  [ˈtʃɑːntɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHANTAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chantage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHANTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chantage

Chantage

Chantage is a London based chamber choir conducted by James Davey. Drawing singers from all over the country and all walks of life, the choir won the 2006 Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition. On 17 January 2009 Chantage backed Mercury Award-winning band Elbow at Abbey Road Studios, London with the BBC Concert Orchestra in a special live performance of their album The Seldom Seen Kid Described by Norman Lebrecht as "a class act", their album Hark! Chantage at Christmas is available on EMI Gold.

Definition of chantage in the English dictionary

The definition of chantage in the dictionary is the use of threats to extort money, blackmail.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHANTAGE


advantage
ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
centage
ˈsɛntɪdʒ
clientage
ˈklaɪəntɪdʒ
cottage
ˈkɒtɪdʒ
disadvantage
ˌdɪsədˈvɑːntɪdʒ
footage
ˈfʊtɪdʒ
frontage
ˈfrʌntɪdʒ
heritage
ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ
mintage
ˈmɪntɪdʒ
nonvintage
nɒnˈvɪntɪdʒ
parentage
ˈpɛərəntɪdʒ
percentage
pəˈsɛntɪdʒ
plantage
ˈplɑːntɪdʒ
reportage
rɪˈpɔːtɪdʒ
tentage
ˈtɛntɪdʒ
vantage
ˈvɑːntɪdʒ
ventage
ˈvɛntɪdʒ
vintage
ˈvɪntɪdʒ
voltage
ˈvəʊltɪdʒ
wantage
ˈwɒntɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHANTAGE

chansonnier
chant
chantable
chantarelle
chantecler
chanter
chanterelle
chanteuse
chantey
chanticleer
chantie
chanties
Chantilly
Chantilly lace
chanting
chantingly
chantress
chantries
chantry
chanty

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHANTAGE

backstage
coign of vantage
competitive advantage
etage
hermitage
high voltage
high-voltage
hostage
mechanical advantage
montage
outage
pecuniary advantage
photomontage
portage
sabotage
shortage
stage
the stage
to advantage
wattage

Synonyms and antonyms of chantage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chantage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHANTAGE

Find out the translation of chantage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chantage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chantage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

香水Chantage
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chantage
570 millions of speakers

English

chantage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chantage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

chantage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шантаж
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chantage
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্যন্ট্যাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chantage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyanyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chantage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chantage
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chantage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chantage
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chantage
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளாக்மெயில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मौज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Chantage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chantage
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Chantage
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шантаж
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chantage
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

chantage
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chantage
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chantage
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chantage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chantage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHANTAGE»

The term «chantage» is regularly used and occupies the 57.168 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHANTAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chantage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHANTAGE»

Discover the use of chantage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chantage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Homosexuality of Men and Women
Reinhold,7 whom we have to thank for the best book on chantage, defines the difference between chantage and blackmail as follows, “Blackmailers use force or clear threats; chanteurs hidden threats; blackmailers threaten with a behavior that ...
Magnus Hirschfeld
2
Lost Illusions:
resolved to turn steady and give up play, and I have done a little 'chantage' to pay my debts.” “What is 'chantage'?” asked Lucien. “It is an English invention recently imported. A 'chanteur' is a man who can manage to put a paragraph in the ...
Honoré de Balzac, 2013
3
Speaking of Europe: Approaches to complexity in European ...
This would be the likely background for insisting on the fact that this is not blackmail ('Ce n'est pas une question de chantage'). But the argument is rather weak: we do not blackmail anyone in Europe. Usingparce que to introduce the second ...
Kjersti Fløttum, 2013
4
Psychopolitique
Mbangu A. Mangala. \ pétrole et I'occident ont réussi a arrêté la guerre pendant un certain temps, à gagner certains avantages sur Flsraël, quand le chantage est réaliste il devient un moyen politique réel et non tacite, c'està-dire celui qui est ...
Mbangu A. Mangala
5
BBC Music Magazine
News February Chantage named Choir of the Year 2006 □ Magna gets the hump □ Mozart online □ New man in Rotterdam □ Oscar for Morricone □ Juan Diego Florez □ The operatic loo Choir WE VE WON: Chantage celebrates its ...
6
The Voices of the Arab Streets
When the word chantage was later inaccurately explained to al-Karkhi — he took it to mean that he was being accused of subversion — he proudly declared: ' chantage for ever!' — ('blackmail and extortion for ever! '). THE DIWAN The Dz' wdn ...
Fuad Matthew Caswell, 2013
7
The Meaning of Community Participation in Post-conflict ...
Blackmailed projects Besides the nature of participatory involvement in projects from scratch vs. parachuted projects, the notion of chantage (blackmail) was one of the main concerns of DPs'. The term blackmail is the English translation of the  ...
Nancy Maroun, 2008
8
A Collection of Decrees by the Court of Exchequer in ...
aexed to the deanery of Sarum, claimed the small tithe* fain, i* entitled yearly arising within the said parish and peculiar jurisdictionr Ux\i>* m hopt uart'cularly of Chantage Farm, otherwise Chaderiuiti Farm. wc*>l,sr»s»seeds, Thc defendant  ...
Hutton Wood, 1799
9
Dictionnaire FRANÇAIS-TSHILUBA et TSHILUBA-FRANÇAIS
... chant religieux, musambo wa Nzambi; chant lyrique, musambo wa majiya; chant poétique, musambo wa kasala chantage n.m. dikankisha (muntu), dipampisha (muntu); dikankisha(ngana), dipampisha(ngana); faire du chantage, kukankisha ...
Mathieu Kayoka Mudingay
10
The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to ...
(Dalton Camp, “We Need Good Forecasting, Not Ottawa Gamesmanship,” Toronto Star, 12/12/1993.) extort (money unfairly and in excessive amounts) v.t.: mulct. See extract extortion n.: chantage [French]. E [A woman hired a witch doctor to ...
Peter E. Meltzer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHANTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chantage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Référendum en Grèce: après une victoire à 61,3% du non, Tsipras …
"Nous avons montré que la démocratie ne pouvait pas être soumise à un chantage." 22h12 - Antonis Samaras, le chef de l'opposition ... «lalibre.be, Jul 15»
2
Référendum : les Grecs rejettent le plan des créanciers
"Le peuple grec a montré qu'il ne répondait pas au chantage, n'était pas terrorisé et menacé, la démocratie a gagné", estime Panos ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
3
Référendum : discours du 3 juillet 2015 d'Alexis Tsipras
Nous faisons la fête et chantons pour supplanter le chantage et la peur. L'Europe telle que nous la connaissions, l'Europe telle qu'elle apparaît ... «Okeanews, Jul 15»
4
Corfou, à l'épreuve du désarroi grec
Ce scrutin n'est pas de la démocratie directe. C'est du chantage politique.» Chantage? Pas pour Leonidas Coullas. Architecte à la retraite, ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»
5
Quand souffrance au travail rime avec vengeance
... de l'agression verbale, de l'arrêt maladie, ou du chantage psychologique. «Les relations interpersonnelles sont complexes. Le degré de vengeance dépend ... «Le Temps, Jul 15»
6
Grèce: Tsipras maintient l'appel à voter non, les Européens …
"On vous fait du chantage en vous pressant de voter oui à toutes les mesures des institutions, sans aucune solution pour sortir de la crise", ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jul 15»
7
Pourquoi Cazeneuve affaiblit la France
Qui dit arabe , dit aussi abandon d'Israel , et le fait de se montrer "gêné d'en parler", jusqu'au chantage (je quitte le blog- je n'écris plus - c'est ... «Le Figaro, Jul 15»
8
Administration américaine piratée, pire que wikileaks et snowden ré
Tout ce qui permet de savoir si le candidat n'est pas psychologiquement instable, ou susceptible de chantage. Et maintenant, toutes ces ... «Numerama, Jun 15»
9
Crise grecque : fermeture des banques et dégringolade sur les …
Nicolas Sarkozy a appelé lundi à Madrid à ne pas céder face au "chantage" d'un Premier ministre grec Alexis Tsipras "irresponsable". «Le Huffington Post, Jun 15»
10
European Commission : Transcript of President Jean-Claude …
On entend parler d'ultimatum, d'accord à "prendre ou à laisser", "take-it or leave-it" comme on dit en français, on a entendu parler de chantage. «Zonebourse.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chantage [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chantage>. Apr 2024 ».
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