chanteuse
nounUK /ʃɒnˈtɜːz/ · US /ʃɑnˈtuːz/
Etymology Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”).
1
A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
- Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either. On the soulful torch song "Dream," which Smith wrote, she conveys a sophisticated allure that would seem well beyond her twenty-seven years.2006 September 7, Evan Serpick, “10 artists to watch 2006: The Noisettes, Jibbs, Silversun Pickups and seven other up-and-comers”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2009:
- Synonyms
- chantress