What does "canzonet" mean?

A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.

What is a synonym for "canzonet"?

Common synonyms include: anthem, art song, ballad, blues, calypso, canticle.

Pronounced //kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt//.

//kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

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A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
"Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […]."

"Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […]."

From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonetta. Cf. canzone.

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