chanteuse
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.tøz/
chanteuse is spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-U-S-E (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chanteuse is a French feminine noun meaning “female singer, songstress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of chanteur. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui chante, qui module sa voix pour produire de la musique”.
What does chanteuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale singer, songstress
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of chanteur
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui chante, qui module sa voix pour produire de la musique.
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 chanteuse
- chanteuses plural
- chanteur masculine
- chanteresse poetic rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chanteuse?
- /ʃɑ̃.tøz/
- \ʃɑ̃.tøz\
- [ʃã.tøy̯z]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chanteuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chanteuse in French?
chanteuse appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).