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gamine

/ɡæˈmiːn/

gamine noun: a (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.

Noun

gamine (plural gamines)

  1. A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
  2. A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

Adjective

gamine (comparative more gamine, superlative most gamine)

  1. Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.
    • In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 54
    • It’s a wildly dated-looking and derivative film, a quaint adventure in fantasised naughtiness, like Ozon’s teen prostitute fantasy Jeune et Jolie in 2013, which starred his lead actress here, Marine Vacth, in a similarly gamine role.2017 May 25, Peter Bradshaw, “L'Amant Double review – camp-classic status beckons for François Ozon's softcore silliness”, in The Guardian

gamine meaning in Kannada

gamine in Kannada

ಬೀದಿ ಹುಡುಗಿ, ಮುದ್ದಾದ ಹುಡುಗಿ, ತುಂಟ ಹುಡುಗಿ

Forms of gamine

Noun
pluralgamines
Adjective
comparativemore gamine
superlativemost gamine

Origin of gamine

Borrowed from French gamine.

Words formed from gamine

Questions about gamine

What does gamine mean?
Gamine means a (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
What is gamine in Kannada?
Gamine in Kannada is ಬೀದಿ ಹುಡುಗಿ, ಮುದ್ದಾದ ಹುಡುಗಿ, ತುಂಟ ಹುಡುಗಿ. See Gamine meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is gamine?
Gamine can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce gamine?
Gamine is pronounced /ɡæˈmiːn/.
What is the plural of gamine?
The plural of gamine is gamines.

Words near gamine in the dictionary

  1. gamifying
  2. Gamilaraay
  3. Gamilaroi
  4. gamily
  5. gamin
  6. gamine
  7. gaminerie
  8. gamineries
  9. gamines
  10. gaminesque
  11. gaminess

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gamine (page history and authors); gamine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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