Un mot enfantin ou affectueux pour désigner un chat.
A childish or friendly word for a cat.
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Les enfants ont nourri le minet. — The children fed the pussy.
Ce mot est très offensant ici. — That word is highly offensive here.
Notre minet dort toujours au soleil. — Our pussy always sleeps in the sun.
Le rédacteur a supprimé ce mot de l'article. — The editor cut that word from the article.
Où le minet se cache-t-il ? — Where is the pussy hiding?
Ce sens est-il marqué comme vulgaire dans le dictionnaire ? — Is this meaning marked as vulgar in the dictionary?
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Download the app for free French vocabulary testMinet is affectionate and slightly childish for a cat — the feminine minette is more common still. It does not carry the second meaning that English pussy carries; for that French has a different word altogether.
What it does carry is a second sense English does not: un minet is also a young man who is rather too pleased with his own appearance. Same word, entirely different animal.
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