layette
1
8.9
- noun
- /lɛˈjɛt/
- She received a beautiful layette filled with clothes and blankets for her newborn baby.
Examples
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To further this apostolate, Mother Welder has helped in paying hospital bills and buying layettes for innumerable mothers.
Academic text (2007) -
I was going to buy some nice things... a crib, toys, layette... it was all for the baby.
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I got the layette, whatever that is.
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The layette was supposed to go to the first.
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I never bought the child any layette while I was pregnant.
Fiction book (1992) -
I think my plans for that layette set are going to change.
Blog text (6) -
I just wanna know what color for my layette.
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But unlike you, my mom took me shopping for a layette for each one.
Blog text (19) -
We need a bassinet and a crib and a layette... and we have to run down to Paris for a few days.
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The charity organization provides families with a layette, including diapers, clothing, and toys for new infants.
How Complete
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8.9
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Layette comes from French and originally meant a small bundle of clothes, with the ending -ette meaning 'little'. So a layette is a 'little package' of things you prepare for a newborn, like tiny clothes and blankets.