lavette
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlavette f (plural lavettes)
- (Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, New Caledonia) dishcloth (to wash dishes)
- (North America) dishmop
- (figuratively) wet blanket
Further reading
edit- “lavette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.