piécette

French

Etymology

From pièce +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pje.sɛt/
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Noun

piécette f (plural piécettes)

  1. diminutive of pièce:
    1. small coin
      une piécette de cinquante centimes
      a coin of fifty centimes
      • 1920, Henri-René Lenormand, Le Simoun, act I:
        Il se tait subitement et tend la main avec indifference. Les Arabes lui donnent quelques piécettes.
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    2. small room
      • 1911, Paul Claudel, L'otage‎[1], page 56:
        Nous avons passé ensemble bien des heures […] , tapis dans quelque recoin précaire, dans quelque noire piécette.
        We spent many hours together, hidden in some precarious nook, in some dark room.

See also

  • pésète, peseta of which piécette was often a synonym

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