canzonet

== English == === Etymology === From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonetta. Cf. canzone. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt/ === Noun === canzonet (plural canzonets) A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy. , Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.213: Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […].