chanson

See also: Chanson

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanson (“song”). Doublet of canzone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/

Noun

chanson (plural chansons)

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

Quotations

• c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 357:

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

Translations

French song

• Arabic: تْشَانْسُون m (tšansōn)
• Armenian: շանսոն (hy) (šanson)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 香頌／香颂 (zh) (xiāngsòng), 香颂 (zh) (xiāngsòng)

• Czech: šanson (cs) m
• French: chanson (fr) f, chanson française f
• Georgian: შანსონი (šansoni)
• German: Chanson n
• Greek: σανσόν (sansón)
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• Hungarian: sanzon (hu)
• Japanese: シャンソン (ja) (shanson)
• Korean: 샹송 (ko) (syangsong)
• Polish: chanson (pl) m
• Portuguese: chanson f
• Romanian: chanson (ro) n
• Russian: шансо́н (ru) m (šansón)
• Slovak: šansón m

Anagrams

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Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French chanson.

Noun

chanson

1. song

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanson, from Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑnˈzɔn/, /ʃɑ̃ˈzɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: chan‧son
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

chanson n (plural chansons, diminutive chansonnetje n)

1. chanson (French, lyric-driven song)

Derived terms

• chansonnier

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem (“song, singing”).

Noun

chanson f

1. song

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French

Etymology

From Middle French chanson, from Old French chançon, inherited from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem (“song, singing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/

• Audio (France, Paris):

  (file)

• Homophone: chansons
• Hyphenation: chan‧son
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

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
• connaître la chanson

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: chanson

Borrowings

• Arabic: تشانسون (tšansōn)
• Armenian: շանսոն (šanson)
• Chinese: 香頌／香颂 (xiāngsòng), 香颂 (xiāngsòng)
• Czech: šanson
• Danish: chanson
• Dutch: chanson
• English: chanson
• German: Chanson
• Greek: σανσόν (sansón)
• Hungarian: sanzon
• Japanese: シャンソン (shanson)
• Korean: 샹송 (syangsong)
• Norman: chanson
• Polish: chanson
• Portuguese: chanson
• Russian: шансон (šanson)
• Slovak: šansón
• Spanish: chanson
• Swedish: chanson

See also

• chanson-titre
• chanter
• chanteur
• scande

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French chançon.

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. song

Descendants

• French: chanson (see there for further descendants)

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Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. (Jersey) song

Synonyms

• chant

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanson. Doublet of canção.

Noun

chanson f (plural chansons)

1. (music) chanson (traditional French song)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanson. Doublet of canción.

Noun

chanson m (plural chánsones)

1. chanson

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanson.

Noun

chanson c

1. chanson, hymn

Declension

Declension of chanson

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