"bluette" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bluettes [plural]
Etymology: French bluette (literally “little spark”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bluette|lit=little spark}} French bluette (literally “little spark”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluette (plural bluettes)
  1. (dated) A short but scintillating play or other work. Tags: dated Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-bluette-en-noun-w-lAyr2e Disambiguation of Columbids: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ette: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bluettes [plural]
Etymology: blue + -ette Etymology templates: {{suf|en|blue|ette}} blue + -ette Head templates: {{en-noun}} bluette (plural bluettes)
  1. A kind of satinette pigeon.
    Sense id: en-bluette-en-noun-J-UsYR9A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bluette meaning in English (2.2kB)

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