chansonnette

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/ˌʃɑnsəˈnɛt/

noun

A little song.

OriginFrench chansonnette →
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Meanings

nounchansonnette (plural chansonnettes)

plural chansonnettes · alternative chansonette

  1. A little song.

    […] 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.

    1876, William Black, “The Laurels at Wombley Flat”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 57

Origin

  1. Frenchchansonnette
  2. Englishchansonnette

Borrowed from French chansonnette, from chanson (“song”) + -ette (feminine form of -et (diminutive suffix)).

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Translations

German Chansonnette
  • Chansonnettelittle song
Cite this entry
APA

chansonnette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chansonnette

MLA

“chansonnette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chansonnette. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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