"yé-yé" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 14 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 11 8 8 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

Inflected forms

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