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-ette
-ettesuff.1. Small; diminutive: kitchenette.2. Female: usherette.3. An imitation or inferior kind of cloth: leatherette.
[Middle English, from Old French, feminine of -et, -et.]-ette suffix forming nouns 1. small: cigarette; kitchenette. 2. female: majorette; suffragette. 3. (esp in trade names) imitation: Leatherette. [from French, feminine of -et]-ette a noun suffix occurring orig. in loanwords from French (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette); as an English suffix, -ette forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette). Compare -et. [< French, feminine of -et -et] usage: English nouns in which -ette signifies a feminine role or identity have been perceived as implying inferiority or unimportance and are now generally avoided. Only (drum) majorette is still widely used, usu. indicating a young woman who twirls a baton with a marching band. The leader of such a band, male or female, is a drum major. See also -enne, -ess, -trix. ThesaurusSeediminutive |