"cette" meaning in French

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Determiner

IPA: /sɛt/ Audio: Fr-cette.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle French ceste, from Old French ceste, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ista, feminine of *ecce iste. The loss of internal /s/ triggered compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. Due to the unstressed position of this pronoun, however, the length was soon lost again, which explains the spelling without a circumflex (though the form cête was occasionally used). Compare notre and le nôtre. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|ceste}} Middle French ceste, {{inh|fr|fro|ceste}} Old French ceste, {{inh|fr|VL.||*ecce ista}} Vulgar Latin *ecce ista, {{m|VL.|*ecce iste}} *ecce iste, {{m|fr||cête}} cête, {{m|fr|notre}} notre, {{m|fr|le nôtre}} le nôtre Head templates: {{head|fr|determiner form|g=f}} cette f
  1. feminine singular of ce Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: ce Synonyms: ceste, cête [obsolete], c’tte [colloquial] Related terms: ce, c’, cet, c’t
    Sense id: en-cette-fr-det-vMq6yTbf Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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