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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shanty¹

n pl -ties

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a ramshackle hut; crude dwelling

2. Austral and NZ a public house, esp an unlicensed one

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (formerly, in Canada)

a.  a log bunkhouse at a lumber camp

b.  the camp itself

[from Canadian French chantier cabin built in a lumber camp, from Old French gantier gantry]

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shanty², shantey [ˈʃæntɪ], chanty US, chantey [ˈʃæntɪ ˈtʃæn-]

n pl -ties, -teys

(Music, other) a song originally sung by sailors, esp a rhythmic one forming an accompaniment to work.

[from French chanter to sing; see chant]

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

noun

1. shack, shed, cabin, hut, lean-to, hovel, shiel (Scot.), bothy (Scot.), shieling (Scot.) a young population in urban slums and shanties

2. song, song, air, tune, chant, ballad, hymn, ditty one of my father's favourite sea shanties

Translations

shanty¹ [ˈʃæntɪ] N (Brit) (also sea shanty) → saloma f

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shanty² [ˈʃæntɪ] N → chabola f, jacal m (Mex), bohío m (CAm), callampa f (Chile)

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shanty [ˈʃænti] n

(= hut) → baraque f

(= song) → chanson f de marins
shanty town shantytown [ˈʃæntitaʊn] n → bidonville m

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shanty¹

n (= hut) → Baracke f, → Hütte f

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shanty²

n (Mus) → Seemannslied nt, → Shanty nt

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shanty¹ [ˈʃæntɪ] n (also sea shanty) → canzone f marinaresca

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shanty¹ [ˈʃæntɪ] n (also sea shanty) → canzone f marinaresca

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shanty² [ˈʃæntɪ] n → baracca

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shanty² [ˈʃæntɪ] n → baracca

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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 오두막집 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，鐵皮棚屋 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 (canto dei marinai al lavoro) 舟歌 뱃노래 jūreivių darbo daina jūrnieku darba dziesma gurindam anak kapal matrozenlied sjømannsvise szanta матросская песня námornícka pieseň mornarska pesem mornarska pesma shanty เพลงที่กะลาสีร้องให้จังหวะขณะทำงาน heyamola (舊時)水手工作時唱的歌 хорова робоча пісня матросів گانا جسے کام کرتے وقت مزدور وغیرہ گاتے ہیں hò kéo thuyền 水手歌