-et
a noun suffix having properly a diminutive force (now lost in many words):
islet; tablet; midget; plummet.
-et
suffix
small or lesser islet, baronet
word origin
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a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from french, where it has been used 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). usage note -ette suffix small cigarette, kitchenette […]
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