chanson
English
editEtymology
editFrom French chanson (“song”), from Latin cantio. Doublet of cantion and canzone.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchanson (plural chansons)
- Any song with French words, but more specifically a classic, lyric-driven French song.
- (obsolete) A religious song.
Quotations
edit- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 357:
- The first row of the pious chanson will show you more,
Translations
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Anagrams
editAntillean Creole
editEtymology
editNoun
editchanson
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chanson, from Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchanson n (plural chansons, diminutive chansonnetje n)
- chanson (French, lyric-driven song)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchanson
- chanson (French singing style)
Declension
editInflection of chanson (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | chanson | chansonit | |
genitive | chansonin | chansonien chansoneiden chansoneitten | |
partitive | chansonia | chansoneita chansoneja | |
illative | chansoniin | chansoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | chanson | chansonit | |
accusative | nom. | chanson | chansonit |
gen. | chansonin | ||
genitive | chansonin | chansonien chansoneiden chansoneitten | |
partitive | chansonia | chansoneita chansoneja | |
inessive | chansonissa | chansoneissa | |
elative | chansonista | chansoneista | |
illative | chansoniin | chansoneihin | |
adessive | chansonilla | chansoneilla | |
ablative | chansonilta | chansoneilta | |
allative | chansonille | chansoneille | |
essive | chansonina | chansoneina | |
translative | chansoniksi | chansoneiksi | |
abessive | chansonitta | chansoneitta | |
instructive | — | chansonein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiōnem (“song, singing”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchanson f (plural chansons)
Hyponyms
edit- ballade
- barcarolle
- berceuse
- carmagnole
- chanson à boire, chanson bachique
- chanson d’amour
- chanson de geste
- complainte
- comptine
- ritournelle
- romance
- séguedille
- scolie
- tube
- tyrolienne
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Antillean Creole: chanson
- Borrowings
- → Arabic: تشانسون (tšansōn)
- → Armenian: շանսոն (šanson)
- → Chinese: 香頌/香颂 (xiāngsòng), 香颂 (xiāngsòng)
- → Czech: šanson
- → Danish: chanson
- → Dutch: chanson
- → English: chanson
- → German: Chanson
- → Greek: σανσόν (sansón)
- → Hungarian: sanzon
- → Japanese: シャンソン (shanson)
- → Korean: 샹송 (syangsong)
- → Norman: chanson
- → Polish: chanson
- → Portuguese: chanson
- → Russian: шансон (šanson)
- → Slovak: šansón
- → Spanish: chanson
- → Swedish: chanson
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “chanson”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French chançon.
Noun
editchanson f (plural chansons)
Descendants
edit- French: chanson (see there for further descendants)
Norman
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chanson. Replaced the native word cânchon, also from Latin cantiō.
Noun
editchanson f (plural chansons)
Synonyms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French chanson. Doublet of canção.
Noun
editchanson f (plural chansons)
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chanson. Doublet of canción.
Noun
editchanson m (plural chánsones)
Swedish
editEtymology
editNoun
editchanson c
Declension
editDeclension of chanson | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | chanson | chansonen | chansoner | chansonerna |
Genitive | chansons | chansonens | chansoners | chansonernas |
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- English terms with quotations
- Antillean Creole terms derived from French
- Antillean Creole lemmas
- Antillean Creole nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms derived from Middle French
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔn
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from French
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms inherited from Middle French
- French terms derived from Middle French
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French terms with homophones
- Rhymes:French/ɔ̃
- Rhymes:French/ɔ̃/2 syllables
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Middle French terms inherited from Old French
- Middle French terms derived from Old French
- Middle French lemmas
- Middle French nouns
- Middle French feminine nouns
- Middle French countable nouns
- Norman terms borrowed from French
- Norman terms derived from French
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman feminine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Music
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Musical genres
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
- Spanish terms derived from French
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Music