cachette

English

Etymology

From French cachette.

Noun

cachette (plural cachettes)

1. A hidden nook; a hiding place.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 49:

     The dwarf plucked the bird from its cachette, throttled it with a twist of his knotty hands, and held it up for the gunman to admire.

   • 2009, Charles Harrison, An Introduction to Art:

     A further twenty-six well-preserved statues were discovered in 1989 where they had been buried in a cachette under the floor of the temple.

French

Etymology

From cache +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

cachette f (plural cachettes)

1. hideaway, hiding place

Derived terms

• en cachette

Further reading

• “cachette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.