Chansonette

Word of the Day for Wednesday 8^th October 2014

Chansonette \shahn-saw-NET; English shan-suh-NET\

Noun 1. French. A little song; ditty.

Quotes

She laughed and now John knew that it was she whom he had heard singing the chansonette in that low murmuring tone. What was that little song? -- Joseph Alexander Altsheler, The Forest of Swords, 1915

Origin

Chansonette comes to English from the French chanson meaning "song" and the diminutive ending -ette.

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