amourette

English

Etymology

French amourette

Noun

amourette (plural amourettes)

1. A petty love affair.
   • 1876, The New York Drama, volumes 1-2, page 1:

     I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it.

2. The love grass, or quaking grass.
3. A cupid.

French

Etymology

From amour +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mu.ʁɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

amourette f (plural amourettes)

1. a fling, love affair

See also

• coup de foudre
• coup de cœur

Further reading

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