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👜 A shoulder bag 🎶 A small bagpipe 💃 Lively dance music
musette

musette

1 9.9
A small shoulder bag often used by cyclists during races
  • noun
  • /mjuˈzɛt/
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  • The cyclist quickly grabbed a musette bag filled with food at the feeding station.
  • musette bag

Examples

  • He carried his water bottle in a musette during the race.

  • The cyclist grabbed a musette filled with snacks during the race.

  • She danced to the lively musette at the festival.

  • He bought a vintage musette to use as a stylish shoulder bag.

  • She carried a musette during the cycling race.

  • The musette was filled with snacks and water.

  • She danced to the lively tunes of a musette at the festival.

Synonyms

dance music
vsmusette
16 1.4

Music with a strong beat that people dance to at parties

is a specific lively French style rather than general dancing music
shoulder bag
vsmusette
5 1.3

A bag with a long strap that you wear on one shoulder

is smaller and used especially by cyclists or soldiers

Compounds

musette pipe
9.9

A small wind instrument like a simple oboe used in French folk and classical music

Surface Forms

musette singular
musettes plural

Etymology

Musette comes from French and first meant a small bag made like a little bagpipe, with the ending -ette meaning 'small' (like kitchenette), so it kept the idea of a 'little' bag. That's why musette can mean a small shoulder bag used by cyclists or soldiers, and also the lively French music played with the instrument.