chanson

English

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Etymology

From the French, chanson (“song”)

Noun

chanson (plural chansons)

1. Any song with French words, but more specifically classic, lyric-driven French songs.
2. (obsolete) A religious song.

Quotations

• 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2 line 357

  The first row of the pious chanson will show you more,

Translations

French song

• Hungarian: sanzon (hu)

• Romanian: chanson (ro) n

Anagrams

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French

Etymology

From Old French chançon, from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem (“song, singing”), from cantus (“sung”), perfect passive participle of canō, canere (“sing”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /SA~.sO~/

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• Homophone: chansons
• Hyphenation: chan‧son

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. song

Hyponyms

• ballade
• barcarolle
• berceuse
• carmagnole
• chanson à boire, chanson bachique
• chanson d’amour
• chanson de geste
• complainte
• comptine
• ritournelle
• romance
• séguedille
• scolie
• tube
• tyrolienne

Derived terms

• chansonner
• chansonnette
• chansonnier

See also

• chanson-titre
• chanter
• chanteur
• scande

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From French chanson. Replaced the native word cânchon, also from Latin cantiō.

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. song

Synonyms

• chant

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Middle French

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. song

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Swedish

Noun

chanson c

1. chanson, hymn

Declension

Declension of chanson

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	chanson	chansonen	chansoner	chansonerna
genitive	chansons	chansonens	chansoners	chansonernas