和-et相对比
summit tablet plummet midget
小型的
cigar cigareete
kitchen kitch‧en‧ette
novel novelette
rose rosette
女性词缀
distinctively feminine nouns ( majorette; usherette),
仿造的
and names ofimitation products ( leatherette).
a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where ithas 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 ofimitation products ( leatherette).