cadenette

French

Etymology

Named after Honoré d’Albert de Cadenet (1581–1649).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad.nɛt/

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Noun

cadenette f (plural cadenettes)

1. lovelock (plait of hair that hangs down and is worn apart)
2. (usually in the plural) dreadlock

Further reading

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