crisette

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French crisette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkriˈzɛ.tə/
  • Hyphenation: cri‧set‧te

Noun

crisette f (plural crisettes)

  1. (Belgium) a minor crisis, notably in politics
    De jongste crisette bracht de regering weer niet ten val.
    Once more, the latest minor crisis didn't cause the government's downfall.
  • crisisbeheersing
  • regeringscrisis

French

FWOTD – 9 October 2020

Etymology

From crise + -ette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁi.zɛt/

Noun

crisette f (plural crisettes)

  1. (informal) a minor crisis, a mini-crisis
    Synonym: crisounette
    • 1937, Revue médicale de Nancy, volume 65, page 404:
      Le médecin, en toute bonne foi, s’imagine que la crise a été insignifiante, qu’il s’est agi d’une crisette comme certains le mettent sur leur petit mot d’envoi, et que tout est bien calmé.
      The doctor, all in good faith, imagines that the crisis was insignificant, that it was basically a mini-crisis as some of them put it in a brief report, and that it's all cooled off.
    • 1970, Louise Weiss, Mémoires d'une Européenne, volume 3, page 226:
      Voici qu’Hélène de Portes, l’amie en titre de Paul Reynaud, devenu ministre des Finances, à la place de Paul Marchandeau, à la suite d’une crisette de cabinet, me téléphona, péremptoire.
      Hélène de Portes, the current lover of Paul Reynaud, who replaced Paul Marchandeau as finance minister following a minor cabinet crisis, called me on the phone in a commanding tone.

Descendants

  • Dutch: crisette
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