amourette
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
amourette (plural amourettes)
- A petty love affair.
- 1876, The New York Drama, volumes 1-2, page 1:
- I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it.
- The love grass, or quaking grass.
- A cupid.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amourette f (plural amourettes)
- a fling, love affair
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “amourette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.