shanty
pronunciation
How to pronounce shanty in British English:
UK [ˈʃænti]
How to pronounce shanty in American English:
US [ˈʃænti]
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- Noun:
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
Word Origin
- shanty
- shanty: English has two distinct words shanty. The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty ‘sailor’s song’ [19] probably comes from chantez, the imperative plural of French chanter ‘sing’.=> canto, chant
- shanty (n.1)
- "rough cabin," 1820, from Canadian French chantier "lumberjack's headquarters," in French, "timberyard, dock," from Old French chantier "gantry," from Latin cantherius "rafter, frame" (see gantry). Shanty Irish in reference to the Irish underclass in the U.S., is from 1928 (title of a book by Jim Tully).
- shanty (n.2)
- "sea song," 1867, alternative spelling of chanty (n.).
Example
- 1. Mayors leave , subject to the shanty towns people applauded .
- 2. These people are given tin sheets to build shanty towns-but no compensation .
- 3. Shanty town is one of the makeshift communities that sprung up co-located near the city center .
- 4. In the shanty towns there are very poor living standards .
- 5. From the mumbai slums to nigerian shanty towns and kenyan mountain villages , tens of millions of poor children are opting out of the state sector , and their number is burgeoning .