chatterie

French

Etymology

From chat + -erie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.tʁi/
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Noun

chatterie f (plural chatteries)

  1. titbit, morsel
  2. (in the plural, archaic) playful caresses
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      […] elle lui découpait des cartons, lui racontait des histoires, s'entretenait avec lui dans des monologues sans fin, pleins de gaietés mélancoliques et de chatteries babillardes.
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  3. cattery (place where cats board when their owners are on holiday)

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