chantefable
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.t(ə).fabl/
chantefable is a French feminine noun meaning “chantefable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite composition littéraire, où le récit en prose alterne avec le chant en vers”.
What does chantefable mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite composition littéraire, où le récit en prose alterne avec le chant en vers.
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 chantefable
- chantefables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chantefable?
- /ʃɑ̃.t(ə).fabl/
- \ʃɑ̃.tə.fabl\
- \ʃɑ̃t.fabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chantefable in French?
chantefable appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).