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Sep. 24, 2014
Word of the Day

chansonette Audio Pronunciation
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\shahn-saw-NET; English shan-suh-NET\
noun
1. French. a little song; ditty.
Quotes
She laughed and now John knew that it was she whom he had heard singing the chansonette in that low murmuring tone. What was that little song?
-- Joseph Alexander Altsheler, The Forest of Swords, 1915
Origin
Chansonette comes to Enligsh from the French chanson meaning "song" and the diminutive ending -ette.
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