chanteuse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɒnˈtɜːz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʃɑnˈtuːz/

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːz, (US) -uːz

Noun

chanteuse (plural chanteuses)

1. A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
   • 2006 September 7, Evan Serpick, “10 artists to watch 2006: The Noisettes, Jibbs, Silversun Pickups and seven other up-and-comers”, in Rolling Stone‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2009:

     Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either. On the soulful torch song "Dream," which Smith wrote, she conveys a sophisticated allure that would seem well beyond her twenty-seven years.

Quotations

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chanteuse.

Synonyms

• chantress

Anagrams

• unteaches

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.tøz/

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Adjective

chanteuse

1. feminine singular of chanteur

Noun

chanteuse f (plural chanteuses, masculine chanteur)

1. female singer, songstress

Related terms

• cantatrice

Descendants

• → English: chanteuse
• → Turkish: şantöz

Further reading

• “chanteuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.