chanteuse
[shan-toos; French shahn-tœz]
noun, plural chan·teuses [shan-too-siz; French shahn-tœz] /ʃænˈtu sɪz; French ʃɑ̃ˈtœz/.
a female singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
RELATED WORDS
artist, musician, voice, diva, soloist, crooner, vocalist, troubadour, songbird, songster, minstrel, artiste, warbler, chorister, accompanist, chanter, nightingale, intoner, melodist, serenader
Nearby words
- chantant,
- chantefable,
- chanter,
- chanterelle,
- chanteur,
- chantey,
- chanticleer,
- chantilly,
- chantilly lace,
- chantress
Origin of chanteuse
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Examples from the Web for chanteuse
Lorde, the 17-year-old New Zealand chanteuse, can apparently do no wrong.
So, it came as a major surprise when the Icelandic chanteuse unleashed a wild attack on a reporter back in 1996.
chanteuse
noun
Word Origin for chanteuse
French: singer
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chanteuse
"female singer of popular songs," 1888, from French chanteuse (16c.), fem. agent noun of chanter "to sing" (see chant (v.)). In Old French, the word was chanteresse.
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