-ette: Meaning and Definition of

-ette

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where it has been used in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette); as an English suffix,forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette; sermonette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette). Cf. -et.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
Ettarre et tu, Brute*
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