"pense-bête" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /pɑ̃s.bɛt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-pense-bête.wav Forms: pense-bêtes [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “think beast”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|think beast}} “think beast”, {{lit|think beast}} Literally, “think beast” Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} pense-bête m (plural pense-bêtes)
  1. (informal) reminder Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-pense-bête-fr-noun-nOcBGrSP
  2. post-it note Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pense-bête-fr-noun-mm5yfF-3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 2 98

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for pense-bête meaning in French (1.7kB)

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          "english": "I don't need a reminder.",
          "text": "2012, Allison Leigh, Un patient si troublant, in Lucy Clark & Allison Leigh, Pour le sourire d'Hannah – Un patient si troublant, Editions Harlequin.\nJe n’ai pas besoin de pense-bête.",
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