Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chantal

/tʃˈæntəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables
chan-tal
IPA
/tʃˈæntəl/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from French.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Chantal in the 1960s, from the surname of a French saint Jeanne de Chantal, actually a Baroness of Chantal, a place name in France from Old Occitan cantal (“stone, moellon, rubblestone”).

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Questions

How do you pronounce chantal?
The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈæntəl/.
What does chantal mean?
A female given name from French.
Where does chantal come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce chantal

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