amusette
French, noun/a.my.zɛt/
amusette is spelled A-M-U-S-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amusette is a French feminine noun meaning “puzzle (enigma, question)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit amusement”.
What does amusette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepuzzle (enigma, question)
- 2
feminineamusette (weapon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit amusement. 2. # Pièce d’artillerie de petite taille (1,6 m de long et 4 cm de calibre) qui tirait des boulets de 0,25 kg et que l’on utilisait en montagne et parfois sur les remparts. 3. Babiole, bricole, petit jouet. 4. Personne qui s’amuse continuellement, qui fait le pitre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amusette
- amusettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amusette?
- /a.my.zɛt/
- \a.my.zɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amusette in French?
amusette appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).