proper noun/i.vɛt/
a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves
From Yves + -ette.
/i.vɛt/
a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves
From Yves + -ette.
Yvette (Federalist-voting French Quebecois housewife)
“J'ai enchaîné en disant que j'étais une Yvette, que nous étions toutes des Yvettes à cause de l'éducation que nous avons reçue. Improvisant devant sept cent cinquante personnes, j'ai ajouté que Claude Ryan, si on en jugeait par ses propos et ses attitudes, serait le genre d'homme à vouloir que les femmes restent des Yvettes et… maladresse des maladresses, j'ai ajouté : « Il est d’ailleurs marié à une Yvette. »” — I went on to say that I was an Yvette, that we were all Yvettes because of the way we were brought up. Improvising in front of seven hundred and fifty people, I added that Claude Ryan, if one were to judge by his comments and his attitudes, seemed the kind of man who would want women to remain Yvettes, and… I made the blunder of all blunders by adding, "What's more, he's married to an Yvette."
From Yves + -ette.
Yvette (a tributary of the Orge, Île-de-France, France)
Related: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette, Maincourt-sur-Yvette, Villebon-sur-Yvette