chanson
See also: Chanson
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French chanson (“song”). Doublet of canzone.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
chanson (plural chansons)
- Any song with French words, but more specifically a classic, lyric-driven French song.
- (obsolete) A religious song.
QuotationsEdit
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2 line 357
- The first row of the pious chanson will show you more,
TranslationsEdit
French song
AnagramsEdit
Antillean CreoleEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French chanson, from Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
chanson n (plural chansons, diminutive chansonnetje n)
- chanson (French, lyric-driven song)
Derived termsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem (“song, singing”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: chansons
- Hyphenation: chan‧son
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
NounEdit
chanson f (plural chansons)
HyponymsEdit
- ballade
- barcarolle
- berceuse
- carmagnole
- chanson à boire, chanson bachique
- chanson d’amour
- chanson de geste
- complainte
- comptine
- ritournelle
- romance
- séguedille
- scolie
- tube
- tyrolienne
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → German: Chanson
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “chanson” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French chançon.
NounEdit
chanson f (plural chansons)
DescendantsEdit
- French: chanson
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French chanson. Replaced the native word cânchon, also from Latin cantiō.
NounEdit
chanson f (plural chansons)
SynonymsEdit
PortugueseEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French chanson. Doublet of native canción.
NounEdit
chanson m (plural chánsones)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
chanson c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of chanson | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | chanson | chansonen | chansoner | chansonerna |
Genitive | chansons | chansonens | chansoners | chansonernas |