Pierrette

American  

[pee-uh-ret, pye-ret] / ˌpi əˈrɛt, pyɛˈrɛt /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

Pierrettes plural

1. the female counterpart of a Pierrot, usually accompanying him, as in an entertainment or masquerade.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• Pierrettes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Pierrette

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Pierrette Aboheu Njeuthat, cast in the title role, is Mbakam’s cousin, and many of the figures who orbit Pierrette’s life are the actress’s neighbors and relatives.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Manuel Pastor and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo are professors of sociology at USC and the authors of “South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021

When Marine was sixteen, her mother, Pierrette, left Jean-Marie for his biographer.

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

Pierrette had run off with her husband’s biographer, a magazine journalist who had been living, at Le Pen’s invitation, at the family home.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2017

I went to the theatre and borrowed the tenor's Pagliacci costume, whitened my face and dressed Marjorie as a Pierrette.

From Confessions of an Opera Singer by Howard, Kathleen