oreillette

French

oreillettes (4)

Etymology

From oreille (“ear”) +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɛ.jɛt/ ~ /ɔ.ʁe.jɛt/

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Noun

oreillette f (plural oreillettes)

1. earphone (transducer, earpiece or headphone)
2. (anatomy) auricle (part of the heart)
3. (botany) asarabacca, European wild ginger (Asarum europaeum)
4. (cooking) beignet, fritter

Further reading

• oreillette on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• oreillette (cuisine) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “oreillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.