café chantant

[ kaf-ey shahn-tahn, ka-fey, kuh-; French ka-fey shahn-tahn ]

/ ˈkæf eɪ ʃɑnˈtɑ̃, kæˈfeɪ, kə-; French ka feɪ ʃɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ /

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noun, plural ca·fés chan·tants

[kaf-ey shahn-tahnz, ka-fey, kuh-; French ka-fey shahn-tahn]. /ˈkæf eɪ ʃɑnˈtɑ̃z, kæˈfeɪ, kə-; French ka feɪ ʃɑ̃ˈtɑ̃/.

an intimate cabaret offering sophisticated musical entertainment.

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Origin of café chantant

1850–55; <French: literally, musical café, café where concerts are held

Words nearby café chantant

CAFE, café au lait, café-au-lait spot, café brûlot, café car, café chantant, café con leche, café crème, café curtain, café filtre, café noir

How to use café chantant in a sentence

A band was playing in a cafe chantant hidden somewhere among the trees, and a woman had just stopped singing.
The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton
Sprightly notes from the song of a cafe chantant hovered on his thin, dry lips.
The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete|Gilbert Parker
The thing's written like a cafe chantant skit, not a political satire.
The Gadfly|E. L. Voynich
It is held in a salle de cafe chantant—style Louis Quinze—decorated with a pastoral scene from Watteau.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Before a curtain, over which the words Cafe Chantant were written in coloured lamps, two men were counting money on a salver.
Dubliners|James Joyce