Yvette
proper nounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//iːˈvɛt//
- United Kingdom//ɪˈvɛt//
A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
proper noun
- 1
A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
noun
- 1
datedA term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.
Forms
- plural
- Yvettes
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