Colette

American  

[koh-let, kuh-, ko-, kaw-let] / koʊˈlɛt, kə-, kɒ-, kɔˈlɛt /

noun

1. Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette, 1873–1954, French author.

2. a female given name.

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Colette British  

/ kɒˈlɛt /

noun

1. full name Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette. 1873–1954, French novelist; her works include Chéri (1920), Gigi (1944), and the series of Claudine books

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Colette Cultural  

1. The nom de plume of Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine, a twentieth-century French writer noted for her novels about social and sexual politics. Her best-known works are Chéri and Gigi, which was adapted for a popular musical film.

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Nvidia shares surged 8.7%, notching their biggest gain in more than a year after Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress projected 70% revenue growth in the company’s 2028 fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, on a Wednesday conference call, said to expect 70% revenue growth in the company’s next fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Nvidia's chief financial officer Colette Kress addressed the criticism head-on during the earnings call.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Colette Kress, Nvidia’s CFO, made the same case on a November 2025 earnings call.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Ogilvie daughters, Colette and Jeannine, swept into the room, dressed in matching pink and yellow bombazine gowns, wearing their curled hair piled on top of their heads.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson