computerette
Syllables: com·put·er·ette/kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/
computerette noun: a small computer.
Noun
computerette (plural computerettes)
- A small computer.
- One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car.1968, Popular Mechanics, volume 129, number 3, page 115
- Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes.2011, Fred Holmes, Heroes of the Transition, page 8
Examples of computerette in a sentence
- My bijou computerette had no truck with floppy disks, so an Internet café would not suffice.2012, Miranda Innes, Getting to Manana, page 175:
- What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]2013, Iain Banks, Raw Spirit, page 60:
Forms of computerette
| plural | computerettes |
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Origin of computerette
From computer + -ette.
Words that rhyme with computerette
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about computerette
- What does computerette mean?
- Computerette means a small computer.
- How do you use computerette in a sentence?
- My bijou computerette had no truck with floppy disks, so an Internet café would not suffice.
- What part of speech is computerette?
- Computerette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce computerette?
- Computerette is pronounced /kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/.
- What is the plural of computerette?
- The plural of computerette is computerettes.
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