Definitions for chanson

chanson chan·son

Spelling: [shan-suh n; French shahn-s
IPA: /ˈʃæn sən; French ʃɑ̃ˈsɔ̃/

Chanson is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in chanson (achnnos).

Definitions for chanson

noun

  1. any of several types of song with French lyrics, occurring from the Middle Ages to the present in a variety of musical styles.

Origin of chanson

1595-1605; French Latin cantiōn- (stem of cantiō) song; see canzone

Examples for chanson

That's their chanson, sir—that's the burden of their low vulgar song.

One judges of this from a chanson which has come down through centuries.

He always played the chanson Triste when he was sad and lonely.

Hugo has selected the first and the best part of the chanson for modernization.

William Short Nose is also from the chanson de geste of that hero.

At first she did so, and certainly accepted the chanson form.

When I was down in Transylvania I made a chanson about it all, and set it myself to music.

This story, touching in itself, is most touchingly told in the chanson.

One of the earliest appearances of the word is in the chanson de Roland.

Miss Adrian hummed what is still called a chanson in the cafés of Bridgeport.

Word Value for chanson
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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