单词 | tonette |
释义 | tonette in British English (təʊnˈɛt) noun music a small musical instrument resembling a recorder tonette in American English (touˈnet) noun a small end-blown flute of simple construction and narrow range Word origin [1935–40; tone + -ette]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, Rhodesian ridgeback, hard core, prime mover, roomette-ette is a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where it has beenused in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette). As an English suffix, -ette forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette; sermonette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette) |
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