bêtise
/beɪˈtiːz
/ /bɛˈtiːz/ /betiz/noun
A foolish or ill-timed remark or action: in spite of her bêtise about striped suits he saw her point of view...
- (Nanfang Daily) Yet another piece of bêtise: A plastic goods factory took advantage of the summer vacation to hire youth workers, including many of whom are under 16 years old.
- This is a special issue on bêtises d' enfance (childhood high jinks, goof ups and silly mistakes).
- Here are examples of what we call ‘faire des bêtises’ in French.
Origin
French, 'stupidity', from bête 'foolish'.
Rhymes
- net
- neta
- Netanyahu, Benjamin
- net asset
- net asset value
- netback
- net bag
- netball
- netballer
- net blotch
- netbook
- Net Book Agreement
- net book value
- netcast
- net-caster
- rectus
- rectus abdominis
- rectus and inversus
- rectus et inversus
- rectus femoris
- rectus in curia
- recueil
- recueillement
- reculade
- reculer pour mieux sauter