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layette

[ ley-et ]

noun

  1. an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.


layette

/ leɪˈɛt /

noun

  1. a complete set of articles, including clothing, bedclothes, and other accessories, for a newborn baby
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of layette1

1830–40; < French; Middle French laiete small coffer, equivalent to laie chest (< Middle Dutch laeye, variant of lade; akin to lade ) + -ete -ette
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Word History and Origins

Origin of layette1

C19: from French, from Old French, from laie, from Middle Dutch laege box
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Example Sentences

She hides her condition with a certain modesty, but from my window, I have often seen her making the dainty layette.

The present will be accompanied by a layette, so that the child may learn to dress her infant and to change its clothes.

We came here because the mother said she got a layette at madame's studio.

A date was approaching, and there was the layette to be prepared.

I remember one time, however, that babies were several months old before I could give their mothers a complete layette.

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