allumette

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noun

A matchstick.

OriginFrench allumette →
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Meanings

nounallumette (plural allumettes)

plural allumettes

  1. A matchstick.

    The fabrication of chemical allumettes occupies in the environs of Paris more than a thousand workmen.

    1847, editorial staff, “Friction Matches”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 73
  2. A matchstick-sized cut of potatoes; French fries.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
julienne

Origin

  1. Frenchallumette
  2. Englishallumette

From French allumette. By surface analysis, al- + Latin lum- + -ette.

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APA

allumette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allumette

MLA

“allumette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allumette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allumette,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allumette.

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