How to pronounce soubrette
American English pronunciation
soo-BRET
- IPA
- /suˈbɹɛt/
- Syllables
- soo · BRET (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What soubrette means
A lively, cheeky maid character in a comic play or opera
In a sentence: The soubrette winked at the audience and hid the letter in her apron.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French, from an old Provençal word that goes back to the Latin superare, meaning to be above.
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