doucet

French, diminutive of doux (“sweet”). Doublet of dulcet and dolcetto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːsɪt/
• Rhymes: -uːsɪt

doucet (plural doucets)

1. (obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
2. (in the plural) Deer testicles.

• Ducote

From doux (“sweet, soft”) +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /du.sɛ/

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doucet (feminine doucette, masculine plural doucets, feminine plural doucettes)

1. (of a person) soft; tender

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

• dowcet, dowset, dowsett, dulcett

From Old French doucet; equivalent to douce +‎ -et.

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːsit/, /ˈdulsit/

doucet

1. (rare, Late Middle English) Sweet-tasting, sugary.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) Nice-tasting, tasty or delicious.
3. (rare, Late Middle English) Melodious, harmonious.
4. (rare, Late Middle English) Nice, friendly, kind.

• English: dulcet

• “dǒucet, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

doucet (plural doucetes)

1. (rare, Late Middle English) A sort of dessert.
2. (rare, Late Middle English) A sort of musical instrument.

• English: doucet

• “dǒucet, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

douce +‎ -et.

doucet m (oblique and nominative feminine singular doucete)

1. sweet (of food or drink)

• French: doucet
  • English: doucet
• → Middle English: doucet
  • English: dulcet (influenced by Latin)