• Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: chanson - 1. song, chanson


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


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English chanson 16c - 17c 'song, especially a French one' '...' http://dictionary.reference.com
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German Chanson ... 'ingenious, witty and sophisticated song, often with critical, satirical or jovial-flippant content' '...' ...
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Etymology: from Old French, from Latin cantiō, cantiōn-, from cantus, past participle of cantāre, to sing

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