shanty

shan·ty ¹  (shnt)

n. pl. shan·ties

A roughly built, often ramshackle cabin; a shack.

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[Probably from Canadian French chantier, hut in a lumber camp, from French, timberyard, from Old French, gantry, from Latin canthrius, rafter, nag, from Greek kanthlios, pack ass.]

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shan·ty ²  (shnt)

n.

Variant of chantey.

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shanty ¹

Noun

pl -ties a small rough hut; crude dwelling [Canadian French chantier cabin built in a lumber camp]

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shanty ² or chanty

Noun

pl -ties a rhythmic song originally sung by sailors when working [French chanter to sing]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shanty - small crude shelter used as a dwelling hovel, shack, hut, hutch igloo, iglu - an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome mudhif - a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained shelter - a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
	2.	shanty - a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors chantey, chanty, sea chantey work song - a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work

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shanty ¹

noun shack, shed, cabin, hut, lean-to, hovel, shiel Scot. bothy Scot. shieling Scot.

Translations

shanty

n shanty [ˈʃӕnti]

1 a roughly-built hut or shack. hut كوخ خَشَب барака chatrč hytte; skur die Bude παράγκα, καλύβα chabola, barraca hurtsik كلبه hökkeli baraque צְרִיף झोंपडी़ koliba, straćara viskó gubuk kofi, hreysi baracca 小屋 초라한 작은 집, 판자집 trobelė, lūšnelė būda; mājele gubuk hut skur, brakke chata, chałupa barraca baracă хижина, лачуга chatrč koliba udžerica skjul, kåk, hydda กระท่อมที่สร้างหยาบ ๆ gecekondu, derme çatma yapı 簡陋小屋 халупка, халабуда جھگی chòi 简陋小屋

2 (alsosea shanty) a song that sailors used to sing while working. liedjie أُغْنِيَة بَحّارَه моряшка песен námořnický popěvek sømandssang ein Matrosenlied τραγούδι των ναυτών κατά την ώρα εργασίας τους saloma madruste töölaul سرود ملاحان chanson de marins שִיר מָלַחִים मल्लाहों का गीत mornarska pjesma tengerészdal nyanyian pelaut (al lavoro canto dei marinai) 舟歌 jūreivių darbo daina jūrnieku darba dziesma gurindam anak kapal matrozenlied sjømannsvise szanta матросская песня námornícka pieseň mornarska pesem mornarska pesma shanty เพลงที่กะลาสีร้องให้จังหวะขณะทำงาน heyamola 水手歌 хорова робоча пісня матросів گانا جسے کام کرتے وقت مزدور وغیرہ گاتے ہیں hò kéo thuyền 水手歌