riflette

See also: rifletté

French

Etymology

The sense of "war zone" is from rifle (“variant form of rif (“line of fire”)”) +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

riflette f (plural riflettes)

1. (slang) war zone
2. (Louisiana) edge

Further reading

• “riflette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈflɛt.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛtte
• Hyphenation: ri‧flèt‧te

Verb

riflette

1. third-person singular present indicative of riflettere

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