mirette
French, noun\mi.ʁɛt\
mirette is spelled M-I-R-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written French, the 205,184th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mirette is a French feminine noun meaning “peeper(s) (eyes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Ancien français) Miroir (à main)”.
What does mirette mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalpeeper(s) (eyes)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Ancien français) Miroir (à main). 2. Variété de campanule dite aussi miroir de Vénus [Legousia speculum-veneris (L.) Chaix]. 3. (Par analogie de forme avec un miroir à main) Sorte de spatule dont les modeleurs se servent pour enlever l’excédent de glaise sur l’ébauche. 4. Petit outil de maçon pour faire les joints.
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 mirette
- mirettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mirette?
- \mi.ʁɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mirette in French?
mirette appears about once in every 42 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).