chansonnette/ˌʃɑnsəˈnɛt/EtymologyBorrowed from French chansonnette, from chanson (“song”) + -ette (feminine form of -et (diminutive suffix)).nounA little song.“[…] Violet had a suspicion that these pretty little chansonettes that he sang, with their tears and roses, and nights profound, were of his own composition.”