café chantant
[ kaf-ey shahn-tahn, ka-fey, kuh-; French ka-fey shahn-tahn ]
noun,plural ca·fés chan·tants [kaf-ey shahn-tahnz, ka-fey, kuh-; French ka-fey shahn-tahn]. /ˈkæf eɪ ʃɑnˈtɑ̃z, kæˈfeɪ, kə-; French ka feɪ ʃɑ̃ˈtɑ̃/.
an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.
Origin of café chantant
11850–55; <French: literally, musical café, café where concerts are held
Words Nearby café chantant
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How to use café chantant in a sentence
A band was playing in a cafe chantant hidden somewhere among the trees, and a woman had just stopped singing.
The Man Who Was Thursday | G. K. ChestertonSprightly notes from the song of a cafe chantant hovered on his thin, dry lips.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete | Gilbert ParkerThe thing's written like a cafe chantant skit, not a political satire.
The Gadfly | E. L. VoynichIt is held in a salle de cafe chantant—style Louis Quinze—decorated with a pastoral scene from Watteau.
The Parisians, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonBefore a curtain, over which the words Cafe Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver.
Dubliners | James Joyce
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