Pi·af (p?-äf?, p??äf?), Edith Originally Edith Giovanna Gassion. 1915-1963. French cabaret singer best remembered for her world-weary vocal style, heard in recordings such as “La Vie en rose” (1946).American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Piaf (French pjaf) n (Biography) Edith (edit), real name Edith Giovanna Gassion, known as the Little Sparrow, 1915?63, French singerCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014