chansonnier
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nje/
chansonnier is spelled C-H-A-N-S-O-N-N-I-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chansonnier is a French masculine noun meaning “songbook, chansonnier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chanteur de chansons, par opposition au parolier”.
What does chansonnier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesongbook, chansonnier
noun
- 1
masculinesinger, chansonnier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chanteur de chansons, par opposition au parolier. 2. Se dit d’un artiste auteur-compositeur-interprète. 3. Artiste de cabaret qui présente des spectacles musicaux.
noun: 1. Recueil de chansons. 2. Recueil de pièces lyriques des trouvères et des troubadours.
adjective: 1. Qui aime à chansonner, à tourner en dérision
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chansonnier
- chansonniers plural
- chansonnière feminine
- chansonnières plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chansonnier?
- /ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nje/
- \ʃɑ̃.sɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chansonnier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chansonnier in French?
chansonnier appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).