chansonnette
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chansonnette, from chanson (“song”) + -ette (feminine form of -et (diminutive suffix)).
Noun edit
chansonnette (plural chansonnettes)
- A little song.
- 1876, William Black, “The Laurels at Wombley Flat”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 57:
- […] Violet had a suspicion that these pretty little chansonettes that he sang, with their tears and roses, and nights profound, were of his own composition.
Alternative forms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French chançonete, from chanson + -ette.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chansonnette f (plural chansonnettes)
Further reading edit
- “chansonnette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.