noirette

Middle French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwa.ʁɛt/

Noun

noirette f (plural noirettes)

1. black-haired woman
   • 1546, Guillaume Coquillart, Les oeuvres, nouvellement reueues et corrigees‎^[1], page 182:

     C'eſt vne petite noirette,
     Non pas noirette, mais brunette, […]

     She is small with black hair,
     Not black, but brown, […]

See also

• brunette