crooner

• Nom désignant un chanteur, généralement masculin, qui interprète des ballades populaires dans un style doux, sentimental et souvent feutré.

A noun referring to a singer, typically male, who performs popular ballads in a smooth, sentimental, and often soft style.

1. Singer of sentimental balladsB2informal

   A male singer, especially one who performs sentimental or romantic popular songs in a smooth, soft style.

   chanteur de charme

   • Frank Sinatra is one of the most famous crooners of all time.
   • The crooner sang a love song that made the audience swoon.
   • He listened to old records of crooners from the 1950s.

   Synonymesballadeertorch singer