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-ette

suffix
/-ɛt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor. Old French brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor. English brunettebf. English -ette Back-formation from brunette.

  1. derived from -ette Back-formation from brunette
  2. derived from brunettebf
  3. derived from -ittus Old French -et Old French brunet Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e Old French brunete French brunettebor
  4. derived from brun Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder
  5. derived from *bʰerH-? Proto-Germanic *brūnaz Frankish *brūnbor✻

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.

    • cigar + -ette → cigarette
    • disk + -ette → diskette
    • kitchen + -ette → kitchenette

  2. Used to form nouns meaning or implying the female equivalent of.

    • bachelor + -ette → bachelorette
    • drum major + -ette → drum majorette
    • ranger + -ette → Rangerette

  3. Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something.

    • leather + -ette → leatherette
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture.

      • You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.

    2. Used to form nouns and adjectives signifying a person, especially a woman, with the…

      Used to form nouns and adjectives signifying a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color.

      • purple + -ette → purplette
      • raven + -ette → ravenette

The neighborhood

  • synonymmini-
  • synonymmicro-
  • synonymnano-
  • synonym-ee
  • synonym-y
  • synonym-icle
  • synonym-cule
  • synonym-ule
  • synonym-ole
  • synonym-a
  • synonym-ess
  • synonym-ine
  • antonymsuper-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymsupra-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymhyper-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymultra-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymuber-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymmacro-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymarch-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymover-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymmega-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymgiga-antonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonym-zillaantonym(s) of “diminutive”
  • antonymgrandantonym(s) of “diminutive”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for -ette. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA