chansonnier
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chansonnier.
Noun edit
chansonnier (plural chansonniers)
- A book which contains a collection of chansons.
- A singer of chansons.
- 2009 April 6, Anthony Tommasini, “Is That in Your Job Description, Maestro?”, in New York Times[1]:
- Not only that, H K Gruber, the Austrian composer, conductor and self-described chansonnier who was to perform the vocal solo of his own work, “Frankenstein!!,” the major work on the program, never made it.
Translations edit
book
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singer of chansons
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chansonnier.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chansonnier m (plural chansonniers)
- A chansonnier (singer of chansons).
- A chansonnier (songbook).
Related terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chansonnier m (plural chansonniers)
Noun edit
chansonnier m (plural chansonniers, feminine chansonnière)
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: chansonnier
- → English: chansonnier
- → Russian: шансонье́ (šansonʹjé) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “chansonnier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.