chantefable

[French shahnt-fah-bluh]

noun, plural chante·fa·bles

[shahnt-fah-bluh] /ʃɑ̃tˈfɑ blə/.

(in medieval French literature) a prose narrative interspersed with verse.

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Origin of chantefable

From French; see origin at chant, fable

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Chantefable un peu Naïve and Clartés contain musical notations of rhythms.
The Spell of Belgium
Isabel Anderson