"Yvette" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /iːˈvɛt/ [UK], /ɪˈvɛt/ [UK]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|Yvette|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French Yvette, {{bor+|en|fr|Yvette}} Borrowed from French Yvette Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yvette
  1. A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Ivet [feminine] (Catalan), Iveta [feminine] (Czech), Yvette (French), Ivett (Hungarian), Iveta [feminine] (Latvian)
    Sense id: en-Yvette-en-name-UtxnNkgz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21

Noun

IPA: /iːˈvɛt/ [UK], /ɪˈvɛt/ [UK] Forms: Yvettes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|fr|Yvette|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French Yvette, {{bor+|en|fr|Yvette}} Borrowed from French Yvette Head templates: {{en-noun}} Yvette (plural Yvettes)
  1. (Quebec, politics, derogatory, dated) A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives. Tags: Quebec, dated, derogatory Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-Yvette-en-noun-sG~CRdj7 Categories (other): Quebec English Topics: government, politics

Inflected forms

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