English Explanatory Dictionary

Yvette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
noun
  1. A term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.

Pronunciation

/iːˈvɛt/ /ɪˈvɛt/

Word forms

Yvette Yvettes

Etymology

Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).

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