cette

Meaning

feminine singular of ce

Frequency

A1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛt/
Etymology

From Middle French ceste, from Old French ceste, from Vulgar Latin *ecce ista, feminine of *ecce iste. The loss of internal /s/ triggered compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. Due to the unstressed position of this pronoun, however, the length was soon lost again, which explains the spelling without a circumflex (though the form cête was occasionally used). Compare notre and le nôtre.

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