"gingette" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gingettes [plural]
Etymology: From ging(er) (“red-haired person”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents). Compare ging and -ette (“a person, especially a woman, with the specified hair color”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|ginger<alt:ging(er)>|-ette|id2=female|pos2=suffix forming female equivalents|t1=red-haired person}} ging(er) (“red-haired person”) + -ette (suffix forming female equivalents) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gingette (plural gingettes)
  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) A female with reddish-brown hair. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, often Synonyms: redette Related terms: gingerette, guinguette
    Sense id: en-gingette-en-noun-OzChMFyK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette (female), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Hypernyms: Red, redhead, ginger [pejorative, sometimes], ginge [pejorative, sometimes], ging [pejorative, sometimes], ginger head, ginger knob [derogatory, idiomatic], gingernut [UK], bloodnut [Australia, pejorative], carrots [derogatory], carrot top [derogatory], coppertop, copperhead [derogatory], strawberry blonde, Bluey [Australia], ranga [Australia, derogatory], redette [rare], redpoll [obsolete], fire-crotch [derogatory, sometimes, vulgar], firebox [vulgar], ginger minger [UK, derogatory, vulgar], red-headed stepchild [idiomatic], Pippi Longstocking

Inflected forms

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