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Definition: VEDETTE |
VEDETTENoun1. A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a vidette. |
Date "VEDETTE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Vedette \Ve*dette"\, noun. [French expression vedette, Italian vedetta, for veletta (influenced by vedere to see, from Latin expression videre), from Italian veglia watch, from Latin expression vigilia. See Vigil.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | An expression of varying complexity constituting a "technical term" in the broadest sense. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Warning | Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: VEDETTE |
| English words defined with "VEDETTE": Vidette. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "VEDETTE": word extracted from a vedette. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "VEDETTE": Vigil. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "VEDETTE" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (celebrity, launch, motor-boat, motor-launch, movie star, principal, sentinel, speedboat, star, star turn, vedette), Italian (star, star turn, starling). |
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Movie/TV Titles | O Santo e a Vedette (1982) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expressions using "VEDETTE": vedette boat ♦ word extracted from a vedette. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vedette | 48 |
nue vedette | 12 |
echo vedette | 6 |
argentina vedette | 6 |
ford vedette | 4 |
casan moria vedette | 3 |
nue quebecoise vedette | 3 |
de photo vedette | 3 |
simca vedette | 3 |
peruanas vedette | 2 |
cinema vedette | 2 |
greenfield vedette | 2 |
laver machine vedette | 2 |
peotone vedette | 2 |
silvia suller vedette | 2 |
porn vedette | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VEDETTE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زورق إستكشاف, الديدب رقيب من الخيالة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | торпеден катер, конен часовой, кавалерийски пост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | jízdní hlídka (Ranger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vedette (headword, USA:Eurodicautom), term (headword, term, USA:Eurodicautom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vedette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | USA:Eurodicautom (headword, USA:Eurodicautom), Schlagwort (byword, catchphrase, catchword, heading, headword, keyword, slogan, USA:Eurodicautom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έφιπποσ (equestrian, horseback, mounted, vidette), φρουρόσ (custodian, guard, guardsman, look out, patrol, patrolman, sentinel, sentry, vidette, warder, watch, watchdog, watchman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | lovas õrszem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vedetta (look out, lookout, look-out, lookout man, scout, watchman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edettevay vedeta, sentinela (guard, sentinel, sentry, warder, watch, watch guard, watcher), lancha de patrulha. (various references) sentinelã cãlare în avanpost. (various references) торпедный катер (mosquito craft, mosquito-craft, torpedo boat, torpedo-boat), конный часовой. (various references) konjanik na straži, brod stražar. (various references) centinela (flagman, guard, look-out man, sentinel, sentry, watch). (various references) торпедний катер, кінний вартовий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VEDETTE": vedettes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VEDETTE" (pronounced vude"t) |
| 4 | -u d e" t | cadet. |
| 3 | -d e" t | debt. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-t-t-v" | |
-1 letter: vetted. | |
-3 letters: deet, teed. | |
-4 letters: dee, dev, eve, ted, tee, tet, vee, vet. | |
-5 letters: de, ed, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: revetted, vedettes. | |
+2 letters: brevetted, detective, vegetated. | |
+3 letters: anteverted, detectives, devotement, eventuated, overbetted, overwetted. | |
+4 letters: devotements, extraverted, extroverted, overtreated, revegetated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 45 44 45 54 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . -.. . - - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000101 01000100 01000101 01010100 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V E D E T T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0045 0044 0045 0054 0054 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56393839545439 |
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