Meanings
plural chanteuses
- A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either. On the soulful torch song "Dream," which Smith wrote, she conveys a sophisticated allure that would seem well beyond her twenty-seven years.
2006 September 7, Evan Serpick, “10 artists to watch 2006: The Noisettes, Jibbs, Silversun Pickups and seven other up-and-comers”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2009Synonyms: chantress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
Origin
- Frenchchanteuse
- Frenchchanteuse
- Englishchanteuse
Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”).
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chanteuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chanteuse
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