avette

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French ef (“bee”), with the diminutive ending -ette.

Noun[edit]

avette f (plural avettes)

  1. bee
    • 1560, Pierre Ronsard, Pièces ajoutées aux Amours:
      Lors que les papillons et les blondes avettes
      Les uns chargez au bec, le autres aus cuissettes,
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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