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Payette

Payette proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Payette (countable and uncountable, plural Payettes)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A city, the county seat of Payette County, Idaho, United States.

Forms of Payette

pluralPayettes

Origin of Payette

Borrowed from French Payette.

Words formed from Payette

Questions about Payette

What does Payette mean?
Payette means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Payette?
Payette is a proper noun.

Words near Payette in the dictionary

  1. payess
  2. payest
  3. payetan
  4. payetanim
  5. payeth
  6. Payette
  7. Payette County
  8. Payettes
  9. PAYG
  10. PAYGO
  11. paygrade

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