chansonette

American  

[shahn-saw-net, shan-suh-net] / ʃɑ̃ sɔˈnɛt, ˌʃæn səˈnɛt /

noun

French.

PLURAL

chansonettes

1. a little song; ditty.

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Example Sentences

She nodded her head, and half closing her eyes she began in a low voice of melting sweetness to hum to the tune of a famous little chansonette, whose refrain is inexpressibly mournful and pathetic, Maeterlinck's exquisite little poem, "Et s'il revenait un jour!"

From Project Gutenberg

He found the instrument a good deal out of tune; but began, after a minute's pause, a forgotten chansonette, from "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge."

From Project Gutenberg

But it is often very unpleasant to hear our own secret convictions uttered by other people; and he did not like to be told that he could not sing anything more solid than a French chansonette.

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In 115 countries, 20 different styles of Maidenform, dubbed with such fetching names as Arabesque, Sweet Music and Chansonette, shape the contours of debutantes and matrons alike.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lead them to the awful leap With a merry chansonette; Push them blithely off the steep; We’ll forgive them and forget.

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