bêtise
See also: bêtisé
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French bêtise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɪˈtiːz/, /bɛˈtiːz/
Noun
bêtise (countable and uncountable, plural bêtises)
- silliness, folly, stupidity
- 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Paris Sketch Book, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Macrone, […], OCLC 2344307:
- […] Flicflac will trill you off fifty in ten minutes, and wonder at the bêtise of the Briton, who has never a word to say.
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Anagrams
- bestie, beties, bitees
French
Etymology
bête + -ise
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.tiz/
Audio (file)
Noun
bêtise f (plural bêtises)
- (uncountable) foolishness
- (countable) hooey
- (uncountable) nonsense
Descendants
- → English: bêtise
- → German: Betise
See also
- connerie
Further reading
- “bêtise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.