"billet doux" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /bi.jɛ du/ Forms: billets doux [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “sweet note”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|sweet note}} “sweet note”, {{lit|sweet note}} Literally, “sweet note” Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} billet doux m (plural billets doux)
  1. billet-doux Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-billet_doux-fr-noun-safGp2M- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ English: billet-doux",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "→ English: billet-doux"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "Billetdoux",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Billetdoux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Billetdoux"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweet note"
      },
      "expansion": "“sweet note”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweet note"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “sweet note”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “sweet note”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "billets doux",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "billet doux m (plural billets doux)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "What's left of the billets-doux / Of the months of April, the appointments / A memory that pursues me / Unceasingly",
          "ref": "1942, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac (music)",
          "text": "Que reste-t-il des billets doux / Des mois d’avril, des rendez-vous / Un souvenir qui me poursuit / Sans cesse",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bi.jɛ du/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "billet doux"
}
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: billet-doux"
    },
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        {
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          "expansion": "→ German: Billetdoux",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Billetdoux"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "“sweet note”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweet note"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “sweet note”",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “sweet note”.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "billet doux m (plural billets doux)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French multiword terms",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "What's left of the billets-doux / Of the months of April, the appointments / A memory that pursues me / Unceasingly",
          "ref": "1942, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac (music)",
          "text": "Que reste-t-il des billets doux / Des mois d’avril, des rendez-vous / Un souvenir qui me poursuit / Sans cesse",
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        }
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bi.jɛ du/"
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