Piaf

[ pee-ahf, pee-ahf ]

noun

1. Edith Edith Giovanna Gassion, 1914–63, French singer.

Piaf

/ pjaf /

noun

1. PiafEdith19151963FFrenchMUSIC: singer Edith (edit), real name Edith Giovanna Gassion, known as the Little Sparrow, 1915–63, French singer

Example Sentences

Edith Piaf mournfully lists her mistakes, allowing Front a rare punch-line: “So… you do have some regrets.”

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Or go to Mougins and get a local realtor to tell you stories of Edith Piaf's haunted house.

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Hand-to-hand in an apartment with an Edith Piaf song in the background.

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He admits to passionate affairs with women, too, like Vivien Leigh and Edith Piaf.

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Over a backing track that channels the stately gloom of Portishead and late Isaac Hayes, Winehouse sounds almost Edith Piaf-like.

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