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Is vedette a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vedette is a Scrabble US word. The word vedette is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is vedette a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vedette is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is vedette a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word vedette is a Words With Friends word. The word vedette is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

VEDETTE,

6-letter words (1 found)

VETTED,

5-letter words (1 found)

DEEVE,

4-letter words (5 found)

DEET,DEEV,EVET,TEED,TETE,

3-letter words (8 found)

DEE,DEV,EVE,TED,TEE,TET,VEE,VET,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EE,ET,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from vedette according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vedette

vedette

Alternative forms

  • vidette

Etymology

From French vedette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈdɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

vedette (plural vedettes)

  1. (historical, military) A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger.
  2. (entertainment) A cabaret performer, usually the main female artist of a show.

Further reading

  • vedette (sentry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • vedette (cabaret) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Vedette in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • “vedette”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Dutch

Etymology

From French vedette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈdɛtə/

Noun

vedette c (plural vedettes or vedetten, diminutive vedettetje n)

  1. celebrity, star
    Synonyms: ster, beroemdheid, beroemde

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vedetta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /və.dɛt/

Noun

vedette f (plural vedettes)

  1. (slightly dated) star (celebrity)
  2. (nautical) flagship
  3. (lexicography) headword (word used as the title of a section)
  4. (military, historical) vedette (sentry)

Derived terms

  • voler la vedette

Descendants

  • → English: vedette
  • → Polish: wedeta
  • → Portuguese: vedeta
  • → Romanian: vedetă
  • → Spanish: vedete

Further reading

  • “vedette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈdɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

vedette f (invariable)

  1. star (celebrity)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈdet.te/
  • Rhymes: -ette
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dét‧te

Noun

vedette f

  1. plural of vedetta

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈdet.te/, (traditional) /veˈdɛt.te/
  • Rhymes: -ette, (traditional) -ɛtte
  • Hyphenation: ve‧dét‧te, (traditional) ve‧dèt‧te

Verb

vedette

  1. (archaic or colloquial) third-person singular past historic of vedere

References

Spanish

Noun

vedette f (plural vedettes)

  1. Alternative spelling of vedete

Further reading

  • “vedette”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org