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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Besides the question was mainly in this, that that history of the baron and the famous singer of chansonettes did not concern her in any way.
From The Argonauts by Jeremiah Curtin
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
Her fame as a composer rests on a number of attractive romances and chansonettes, of which an extensive collection was published in Paris.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
I asked him if he did not sometimes divert himself with the muse: he smiled, and promised, in a whisper, to shew me some chansonettes de sa facon.
From Travels through France and Italy by T. (Tobias) Smollett
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
