"vachette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: vachettes [plural]
Etymology: From French vachette. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|vachette}} French vachette Head templates: {{en-noun}} vachette (plural vachettes)
  1. (veterinary surgery) A piece of strong steel wire with the ends curved and pointed, used on toe or quarter cracks to bind the edges together and prevent motion. It is clasped into two notches, one on each side of the crack, burned into the wall with a cautery iron.
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Noun [French]

IPA: /va.ʃɛt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-vachette.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-vachette.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: vachettes [plural]
Etymology: From vache + -ette. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|vache|-ette<id:diminutive>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-et", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ette", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "vachette", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="vachette">, {{af|fr|vache|-ette|id2=diminutive}} vache + -ette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} vachette f (plural vachettes)
  1. young cow, calf Tags: feminine
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  2. calfskin Tags: feminine
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  3. (historical) type of dice game Tags: feminine, historical
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