шансон
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chanson (“song”). Emerged as a euphemism in the Russian music industry for Russian criminal songs in the 1990s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
шансо́н • (šansón) m inan (genitive шансо́на, nominative plural шансо́ны, genitive plural шансо́нов)
- (euphemistic) Clipping of ру́сский шансо́н (rússkij šansón); Russian criminal song
- Synonyms: блатна́я пе́сня (blatnája pésnja), (derogatory) блатня́тина (blatnjátina)
- chanson (French cabaret-style pop song by a chansonnier or a traditional polyphonic song of the 15th–16th centuries)
Declension edit
Declension of шансо́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)