French words of the day - maquette, after a maquette of Ted Hughes, and ricochet. The word ricochet came up in a wonderful quotation from Ted Hughes' wife, American poet, the late Sylvia Plath, wife of the late Ted Hughes. His mini statue has just been placed in his honour in a pub in Yorkshire, north England. (See my previous post.)
Words ending in et from from the French are pronounced ay.
The feminine ending e t t e is pronounced et rhyming with yet.
Here are some words ending with et or e t t e . I have to insert spaces because the spell checker automatically converts the word into tête . Ironically I cannot find the word tete but up it pops automatically when I type e t t e ! Just press on the e key on the keyboard of your computer or laptop and hold it down and you get the choice of accents.
Glossary French-English
ballet - Dance of men and women, traditional wearing tights, ladies in a tutu
ballet shoes - Flat soft shoes with rounded toes, often with a bow on the tow on the edge which meets the exposed foot. Flexible underneath so dangers can bend the foot to stand on tiptoe when pirouetting.
bouquet - bunch of flowers
maquette - scale model
matinée - Early afternoon starting performance on stage, theatre, musical, ballet, from the word morning which is matin.
pirouette - lady dancer spinning around on one toe with the other leg raised and bent with the toe against the knee, usually wearing a tutu
ricochet - rebound
soiree - evening get together, from s o i r for night (spaces inserted because spell check thinks the word should be sour)
statuette - small statue (usually of a person, sometimes an animal)
tutu - a very short circular skirt which is or becomes horizontal like a disc around the female dancer's waist, most often white stiffened net or fabric, with or without supporting petticoats
I deserve a bouquet for my explanation of words such as ricochet, or maybe a trip to the ballet, a matinée.
See my previous posts on French words. Please follow my posts here on blogger.com and on Facebook. Link to me on linkedIn. Read about my books, b r o w s e (not brownie which spell check prefers) and buy on Amazon and Lulu.com
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, English and French written and spoken language tutor, author and speaker.
Words ending in et from from the French are pronounced ay.
The feminine ending e t t e is pronounced et rhyming with yet.
Here are some words ending with et or e t t e . I have to insert spaces because the spell checker automatically converts the word into tête . Ironically I cannot find the word tete but up it pops automatically when I type e t t e ! Just press on the e key on the keyboard of your computer or laptop and hold it down and you get the choice of accents.
Glossary French-English
ballet - Dance of men and women, traditional wearing tights, ladies in a tutu
ballet shoes - Flat soft shoes with rounded toes, often with a bow on the tow on the edge which meets the exposed foot. Flexible underneath so dangers can bend the foot to stand on tiptoe when pirouetting.
bouquet - bunch of flowers
maquette - scale model
matinée - Early afternoon starting performance on stage, theatre, musical, ballet, from the word morning which is matin.
pirouette - lady dancer spinning around on one toe with the other leg raised and bent with the toe against the knee, usually wearing a tutu
ricochet - rebound
soiree - evening get together, from s o i r for night (spaces inserted because spell check thinks the word should be sour)
statuette - small statue (usually of a person, sometimes an animal)
tutu - a very short circular skirt which is or becomes horizontal like a disc around the female dancer's waist, most often white stiffened net or fabric, with or without supporting petticoats
I deserve a bouquet for my explanation of words such as ricochet, or maybe a trip to the ballet, a matinée.
See my previous posts on French words. Please follow my posts here on blogger.com and on Facebook. Link to me on linkedIn. Read about my books, b r o w s e (not brownie which spell check prefers) and buy on Amazon and Lulu.com
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, English and French written and spoken language tutor, author and speaker.
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