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Linette

Linette proper noun: a female given name from Welsh.

Proper noun

Linette

  1. A female given name from Welsh.
    • When Damian addressed the wild flower, perhaps you are not aware that Linné is the name of a beautiful weed, originally selected by a great botanist to bear his appellation, and that it is also the endearing abbreviation for Linette. - - - The roses still continued to bloom on the grave, whose...1850 Linne, the Woodland Flower, from Gazette of the Union, The Golden Rule, Vol. 12, J. D. Stewart & W. B. Smith, page 270

Origin of Linette

In modern use a spelling variant of Lynette, though it is also identical with a rare French name, diminutive of Line, from Caroline, Pauline and other female names ending in -line.

Questions about Linette

What does Linette mean?
Linette means a female given name from Welsh.
What part of speech is Linette?
Linette is a proper noun.

Words near Linette in the dictionary

  1. linestrengths
  2. linestring
  3. linestrings
  4. lineswoman
  5. lineswomen
  6. Linette
  7. lineup
  8. lineups
  9. linewalker
  10. linewalkers
  11. Lineweaver

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