chansonette
noun
a little song; ditty.
chansonettes
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pluralof chansonette.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the intervals of such planning Gabrielle showed the new cousin her favourite haunts in the garden and orchard, whilst he taught her charming chansonettes to sing to the accompaniment of her guitar.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
He reached the parlor window just too late to hear the last of a group of Spanish chansonettes rendered in the original tongue by Miss Netta Podger, who had spent the summer abroad.
From Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge
If a scandal happened, as in the loathsome thirty-third story of the “Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles,” all the wits must make rondels and chansonettes, which they would hand from one to another with an unmanly sneer.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
I sing chansonettes to the moon; I whistle operas; I talk to my horse; he takes no notice; I rally him upon his temper, and he swears madly at me.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
Amélie Perronet has won laurels in the same field, and has written some popular chansonettes.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
