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chanson d'amour

American  
[shahn-sawn da-moor] / ʃɑ̃ sɔ̃ daˈmur /

noun

French.

plural

chansons d'amour

  1. love song.

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Such, for instance, is the chanson d'amour, a form less artfully regulated indeed than the corresponding canzon or sestine of the troubadours, but still of some intricacy.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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