chanteur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanteur (“male singer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɒnˈtɜː/

Noun

chanteur (plural chanteurs)

1. A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
   • 1976 December 18, David Holland, “Dear Santa...”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 16:

     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.

   Coordinate term: chanteuse

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chanteor (oblique form), from Latin cantōrem, equivalent to French chanter + -eur; compare also chantre, derived from the Latin nominative. Alternatively, from a Latin cantator, cantatorem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.tœʁ/

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Adjective

chanteur (feminine chanteuse, masculine plural chanteurs, feminine plural chanteuses)

1. (singing) that sings

Noun

chanteur m (plural chanteurs, feminine chanteuse)

1. (singing) (male) singer

Related terms

• chanson
• chansonner
• chant
• chanter
• chantre

Descendants

• → Turkish: şantör

Further reading

• “chanteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.