cachette

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French cachette.

Noun

cachette (plural cachettes)

1. A hidden nook; a hiding place.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology

cache +‎ -ette

Noun

cachette f (plural cachettes)

1. hideaway, hiding place

Further reading

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