billet-doux

[ bil-ey-doo, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo ]

noun,plural bil·lets-doux [bil-ey-dooz, bil-ee-; French bee-yey-doo]. /ˈbɪl eɪˈduz, ˈbɪl i-; French bi yeɪˈdu/.
  1. a love letter.

Origin of billet-doux

1
1665–75; <French: literally, sweet note. See billet1, douce

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billet-doux

/ (ˌbɪlɪˈduː, French bijɛdu) /


nounplural billets-doux (ˌbɪlɪˈduːz, French bijɛdu)
  1. old-fashioned, or jocular a love letter

Origin of billet-doux

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C17: from French, literally: a sweet letter, from billet (see billet 1) + doux sweet, from Latin dulcis

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