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gamine en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡæmiːn/
  • /ɡæˈmiːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French gamine.

Meanings

  1. (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.
    • In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine. 1984, Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac, Penguin, published 2016, page 54:
    • It’s a wildly dated-looking and derivative film, a quaint adventure in fantasised naughtiness, like Ozon’s teen prostitute fantasy Jeune et Jolie in 2013, which starred his lead actress here, Marine Vacth, in a similarly gamine role. 2017 May 25, Peter Bradshaw, “L'Amant Double review – camp-classic status beckons for François Ozon's softcore silliness”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most gamine Degree=Sup lexicographic
more gamine Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

gamin

Translations (2)

ru мальчи́шеский (having a boyish, mischievous charm) · pl chłopięcy (having a boyish, mischievous charm)

gamine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡæmiːn/
  • /ɡæˈmiːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French gamine.

Meanings

  1. A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
  2. A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gamines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gaminish

Translations (6)

ru беспризо́рница (a female street urchin; a homeless girl) · pl bezdomna dziewczynka (a female street urchin; a homeless girl) · hu utcagyerek (a female street urchin; a homeless girl) · ru прока́зница (a mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman) · hu utcakölyök (a female street urchin; a homeless girl) · pl chłopczyca (a mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman)