"yé-yé" meaning in All languages combined

See yé-yé on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: yé-yés [plural]
Etymology: From French yéyé, from English yeah-yeah. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|yéyé}} French yéyé, {{der|en|en|yeah-yeah}} English yeah-yeah Head templates: {{en-noun|~|nolinkhead=1}} yé-yé (countable and uncountable, plural yé-yés)
  1. (uncountable, music) A genre of pop music of the early 1960s in Europe. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres
    Sense id: en-yé-yé-en-noun-~86YCZrR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 65 14 10 10 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (countable) A fan or artist of this genre. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Fans (people)
    Sense id: en-yé-yé-en-noun-2Rjkt~Gq Disambiguation of Fans (people): 37 63

Noun [French]

IPA: /je.je/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-yé-yé.wav Forms: yé-yés [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|nolinkhead=1}} yé-yé m (plural yé-yés)
  1. Alternative form of yéyé (music) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: yéyé (extra: music)
    Sense id: en-yé-yé-fr-noun-ZyFH9ou2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Noun [French]

IPA: /je.je/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-yé-yé.wav Forms: yé-yés [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense|nolinkhead=1}} yé-yé m or f by sense (plural yé-yés)
  1. Alternative form of yéyé (fan) Tags: alt-of, alternative, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Alternative form of: yéyé (extra: fan)
    Sense id: en-yé-yé-fr-noun-gknhaGo6 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 43 57

Inflected forms

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