Meanings
nounchanteur (plural chanteurs)
plural chanteurs
- A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
Pyramid Records, he says, has just relesased ^([sic]) D.C. Larue's The Tea Dance. Larue is gay-dom's latest chanteur with no hints about it.
1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 16
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
- Proto-Italic*kanō
- Latincanō
- Latincantōrem
- Old Frenchchanteor
- Frenchchanteur
- Englishchanteur
Borrowed from French chanteur (“male singer”).
More words from French
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Rhymes with chanteur
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APA
chanteur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanteur
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“chanteur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanteur. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chanteur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanteur.
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