caillette

French

Etymology

From caille (“quail”) +‎ -ette, because of the color of certain varieties of the bird.

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• Homophones: caillettent, caillettes

Noun

caillette f (plural caillettes)

1. abomasum
2. curd (of milk to make cheese)
3. frivolous gossiping woman

Verb

caillette

1. inflection of cailleter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.