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-ette

//ɛt// suffix

Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something. diminutive, morpheme

    "cigar + -ette → cigarette"

  2. 2
    Used to form nouns and adjectives signifying a person (especially a woman) with a specific hair color. morpheme

    "purple + -ette → purplette"

  3. 3
    Used to form nouns meaning or implying the female equivalent of. morpheme

    "bachelor + -ette → bachelorette"

  4. 4
    Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something. morpheme

    "leather + -ette → leatherette"

  5. 5
    Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture. Polari, morpheme

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English -ette, a borrowing from Old French -ette, from Latin -itta, the feminine form of Latin -ittus.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from brunette.

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