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French
Etymology
Literally, “sweet note”.
Pronunciation
Noun
billet doux m (plural billets doux)
- billet-doux
1942, “Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?”, Charles Trenet (lyrics), Léo Chauliac (music):Que reste-t-il des billets doux / Des mois d’avril, des rendez-vous / Un souvenir qui me poursuit / Sans cesse- What's left of the billets-doux / Of the months of April, the appointments / A memory that pursues me / Unceasingly
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