fleurette

¹

[ flu-ret, floo- ]

noun

1. an ornament formed like a small conventionalized flower.

Fleurette

²

[ flu-ret, floo-; French flœ-ret ]

noun

1. a female given name.

fleurette

/ flʊəˈrɛt; flɜː- /

noun

1. an ornament resembling a flower

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleurette¹

1805–15; < French: literally, little flower

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleurette¹

C19: French, literally: a small flower, from fleur flower

Example Sentences

Mingus and Roach accompanied Ellington on the first recording of “Fleurette Africaine,” for “Money Jungle.”

From New York Times

There are many close-ups of materials and tools in Fleurette Estes’s photo essay “Behind the Loom: The Legacy, Heritage & Resilience of Navajo Weaving.”

From Washington Post

In just five deals negotiated between 2010 and 2012 to sell copper and cobalt through offshore companies linked to the Fleurette Group, which is controlled by Mr. Gertler and his family, the citizens of Congo lost an estimated $1.36 billion because the nation’s resources were being sold at one-sixth of their value, according to a report prepared in 2013 by Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary general, and other prominent African officials.

From New York Times

The fictional Constance and her sisters, Norma and Fleurette, are based on the real Kopp sisters, who gained celebrity after Constance became one of the first female deputy sheriffs in the United States.

From Washington Post

Between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Saturday mornings, he understood that the breathy Coltrane alto solo during “It’s Easy to Remember,” or Duke Ellington offering the pensive piano ballad “Fleurette Africaine” — both of which Leibowitz played on one of his final shows — provided an ethereal soundtrack for solitude.

From Los Angeles Times