"minette" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /mi.nɛt/ Audio: Fr-Paris--minette.ogg [Paris] Forms: minettes [plural], minet [masculine]
Etymology: From minet. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|minet}} 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) Synonyms: minet
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-OH3ySmGF
  2. female puss, female pussycat Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Sex Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Cats
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-QwWUgjn4 Disambiguation of Sex: 7 40 2 40 12 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 16 36 18 19 12 Disambiguation of Cats: 16 43 12 16 13 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ette Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 9 43 5 12 30 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ette: 12 34 15 21 18
  3. (colloquial) cool chick, very young girl Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-92~33C2K
  4. (slang) muff diving, cunnilingus Tags: feminine, slang Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-XTkdnmYC Disambiguation of Sex: 7 40 2 40 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faire minette
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mi.nɛt/ Audio: Fr-Paris--minette.ogg [Paris] 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, Sex
    Sense id: en-minette-fr-noun-3E-H46DT Disambiguation of Sex: 7 40 2 40 12 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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        "feminine"
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      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mi.nɛt/"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "tags": [
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minette"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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