Question 1

What is the plural of the French word "nonnette"?

Accepted Answer

nonnettes

Question 2

What is the definition of the French word "nonnette"?

Accepted Answer

A small, round spiced cake flavored with anise.
Another name for the willow tit (Parus palustris).
Vulgar name for a barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis).
Gros-bec nonnette: A bird described by Buffon in his Natural History, general and particular, with the description of the King's cabinet, Volume Eighteen (Foreign Finches related to the Grosbeak, XIII, p. 466).
A young nun.
A cylindrical-shaped mold.

Question 3

Where does the French word "nonnette" come from?

Accepted Answer

diminutive of nun, as the spiced cakes were originally made by nuns.

nonnette

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