Etymology

chanteuse

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Today it means: A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer. Full definition →

French chanteuse
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  1. French · borrowed fromchanteuse
  2. French · borrowed fromchanteuse
  3. English todaychanteuse

Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchchanteuse all →

chantoosie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.