caillette
French
Etymology
caille (“quail”) + -ette, because of the color of certain varieties of the bird.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: caillettent, caillettes
Noun
caillette f (plural caillettes)
- abomasum
- curd (of milk to make cheese)
- frivolous gossiping woman
Verb
caillette
- inflection of cailleter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “caillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.