chanteur

Borrowed from French chanteur (“male singer”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʃɒnˈtɜː/

chanteur (plural chanteurs)

1. A male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.

   Coordinate term: chanteuse

Inherited from Old French chanteor (oblique form), from Latin cantōrem, equivalent to French chanter + -eur; compare also chantre, derived from the Latin nominative. Alternatively, from a Latin cantator, cantatorem.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.tœʁ/

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chanteur (feminine chanteuse, masculine plural chanteurs, feminine plural chanteuses)

1. (singing) that sings

chanteur m (plural chanteurs, feminine chanteuse)

1. (singing) (male) singer

• chanson
• chansonner
• chant
• chanter
• chantre

• → Turkish: şantör

• “chanteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.