"minette" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /mi.nɛt/ Audio: Fr-Paris--minette.ogg Forms: minettes [plural], minet [masculine]
Etymology: From minet. Head templates: {{fr-noun|f|m=minet}} minette f (plural minettes, masculine minet)
  1. female equivalent of minet: female kitten Tags: feminine, form-of Form of: minet (extra: female kitten) Categories (lifeform): Baby animals Synonyms: minet
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-OH3ySmGF Disambiguation of Baby animals: 12 30 14 34 10
  2. female puss, female pussycat Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Cats
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-QwWUgjn4 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 12 30 14 34 10 Disambiguation of Cats: 14 47 11 13 14 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ette Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 10 44 5 12 29 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ette: 11 38 14 19 19
  3. (colloquial) cool chick, very young girl Tags: colloquial, feminine Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-92~33C2K Disambiguation of Baby animals: 12 30 14 34 10
  4. (slang) muff diving, cunnilingus Tags: feminine, slang Categories (topical): Sex Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-XTkdnmYC Disambiguation of Sex: 5 23 1 64 7 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 12 30 14 34 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faire minette
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mi.nɛt/ Audio: Fr-Paris--minette.ogg Forms: minettes [plural]
Etymology: From mine + -ette. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|mine|-ette}} mine + -ette Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} minette f (plural minettes)
  1. (mineralogy) Kind of iron mineral Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Minerals
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-3E-H46DT Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "text": "→ Georgian: მინეტი (mineṭi, “blowjob”)"
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      "text": "→ Portuguese: minete (“cunnilingus”)"
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          "_dis": "12 30 14 34 10",
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            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
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            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "pussycat"
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          "english": "Don't make your Juliette / Grow up to be just some hot chick / Instead let her be Colette / Mistinguett / Or why not Madame de La Fayette",
          "ref": "1996, “Rimes féminines”, in Rimes féminines, performed by Juliette:",
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        "(colloquial) cool chick, very young girl"
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            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
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          "english": "to go down on (a woman)",
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        "(slang) muff diving, cunnilingus"
      ],
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      "audio": "Fr-Paris--minette.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/Fr-Paris--minette.ogg/Fr-Paris--minette.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Fr-Paris--minette.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minette"
}

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