Meaning

2 senses

  1. A matchstick.

  2. A matchstick-sized cut of potatoes; French fries.

Origin

From French allumette. By surface analysis, al- + Latin lum- + -ette.

From French allumette. By surface analysis, al- + Latin lum- + -ette.

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Forms

plural: allumettes
Singularallumette
Pluralallumettes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alloyallsalludeC2allureallusionC2allyC2

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