pipelette

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French

Etymology

From Anastasie Pipelet, a chatty concierge in the novel Les Mystères de Paris (1842).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.plɛt/
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Noun

pipelette f (plural pipelettes)

  1. (derogatory) chatterbox
    Synonym: moulin à paroles
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Mon père ne supportait plus Ah tu nous saoules la grosse, qu’est-ce que t’es pipelette.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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