chantage

See also: Chantage

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chantage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɒnˈtɑːʒ/, /ˈʃɒn.tɑːʒ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɑnˈtɑʒ/, /ˈʃɑn.tɑʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʒ

Noun

chantage (plural chantages)

1. Synonym of blackmail.

French

Etymology

From (faire) chanter (“to blackmail; to force a confession”) +‎ -age (verbal noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.taʒ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: chantages

Noun

chantage m (plural chantages)

1. blackmail, shakedown (threat to obtain some advantage)

Derived terms

• maitre-chanteur

Related terms

• faire chanter

Descendants

• → Albanian: shantazh
• → Asturian: xantaxe
• → Belarusian: шантаж (šantaž)
• → Bulgarian: шанта́ж (šantáž)
• → Catalan: xantatge
• → Esperanto: ĉantaĝo
• → Galician: chantaxe
• → Luxembourgish: Chantage
• → Polish: szantaż
• → Portuguese: chantagem
• → Romanian: șantaj
• → Russian: шантаж (šantaž)
  • → Armenian: շանտաժ (šantaž)
  • → Azerbaijani: şantaj
  • → Estonian: šantaaž
  • → Georgian: შანტაჟი (šanṭaži)
  • → Ossetian: шантаж (šantaž)
  • → Kyrgyz: шантаж (şantaj)
  • → Tatar: шантаж (şantaj)
  • → Uzbek: shantaj
• → Spanish: chantaje
• → Turkish: şantaj
• → Ukrainian: шантаж (šantaž)
• → Yiddish: שאַנטאַזש (shantazh)

Further reading

• “chantage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• changeât

Spanish

Noun

chantage m (plural chantages)

1. Obsolete form of chantaje.