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Colette

[ koh-let, kuh-, ko-; French kaw-let ]

noun

  1. Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette, 1873–1954, French author.
  2. a female given name.


Colette

/ kɒˈlɛt /

noun

  1. Colette18731954FFrenchWRITING: novelist full name Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette. 1873–1954, French novelist; her works include Chéri (1920), Gigi (1944), and the series of Claudine books


Colette

  1. The nom de plume of Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine, a twentieth-century French writer noted for her novels about social and sexual politics. Her best-known works are Chéri and Gigi , which was adapted for a popular musical film.


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Example Sentences

The two cross paths with a local tour guide/con artist, Rydal (Oscar Isaac), who takes a liking to them—in particular Colette.

But Colette sees a more serious problem with forgery, beyond the distorting effect forgery has on the art market.

“I put my bed in the center and all my art,” said artist Colette Lumiere, one of the originators of nightclub art.

And Hedi Slimane ends 15-year relationship with Colette over T-shirts.

Parisian concept store Colette, a seller of the T-shirts, reportedly received the brunt of Slimane's anger.

One of these was the house of Colette; and at his door our ill-starred John was presently beating for admittance.

"You have a fine imagination, Colette, but I would not give a penny for your instinct," said Sonia.

But this dear Colette, she is to be my good angel and lead me to success, aren't you, little devil?

Notwithstanding Colette of Corbie's attempted restoration of the rule, the old discipline was nowhere observed.

Colette lived in the convent of the Sisters of Saint Clare, which she had recently founded in this town.

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