"lavette" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Français]

IPA: \la.vɛt\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-lavette.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-lavette.wav Forms: lavettes [plural]
  1. Petit morceau de linge, torchon ou sorte de pinceau garni de gros fils dont on se sert pour laver la vaisselle.
    Sense id: fr-lavette-fr-noun-LBjGu6QT
  2. Individu sans énergie, sans courage. Tags: figuratively, offensive
    Sense id: fr-lavette-fr-noun-1OxTRyf~ Categories (other): Insultes en français, Métaphores en français
  3. Gant de toilette.
    Sense id: fr-lavette-fr-noun-yfhFNpkB Categories (other): Français de Suisse
  4. Langue. Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-lavette-fr-noun-e7gryewR Categories (other): Termes argotiques en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Gant de toilette): washandje (Néerlandais) Translations (Individu sans courage): wimp (Anglais), slapjanus (Néerlandais) Translations (Morceau de linge.): vadoek (Afrikaans), dishcloth (Anglais), dish cloth (Anglais), dishrag (Anglais), lavet (Métchif), vaatdoekje (Néerlandais), vadoekusi (Nǀu), esfregão [masculine] (Portugais)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "Raphaël Majan, Shopping sanglant : une contre-enquête du commissaire Liberty, POL éditeur, 2011",
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          "ref": "Stupid Invaders, Ubisoft, 2000",
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
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      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
      "word": "vadoek"
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        },
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      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
      "word": "vadoek"
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      "lang": "Anglais",
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      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
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      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
      "word": "dishrag"
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      "word": "lavet"
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      "sense": "Morceau de linge.",
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      "sense": "Individu sans courage",
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    },
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      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Individu sans courage",
      "word": "slapjanus"
    },
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      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Gant de toilette",
      "word": "washandje"
    }
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