Yvette

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UK/iːˈvɛt/UK/ɪˈvɛt/

proper noun

A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.

OriginFrench Yvette →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
nounYvette (plural Yvettes)

plural Yvettes

  1. QuebecdatedderogatorygovernmentA term of derision used by Quebec separatists to refer to Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewives.

Origin

  1. FrenchYvette
  2. EnglishYvette

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).

More words from French

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Translations

Catalan Ivet
  • Ivetfemale given name
Czech Iveta
  • Ivetafemale given name
French Yvette
  • Yvettefemale given name
Hungarian Ivett
  • Ivettfemale given name
Latvian Iveta
  • Ivetafemale given name
Portuguese Ivete
  • Ivetefemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Yvette

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Cite this entry
APA

Yvette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yvette

MLA

“Yvette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yvette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yvette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yvette.

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