allumette

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allumette

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From French allumette. By surface analysis, al- + Latin lum- + -ette.

noun allumettes

A matchstick. The fabrication of chemical allumettes occupies in the environs of Paris more than a thousand workmen.
A matchstick-sized cut of potatoes; French fries.

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"allumette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/allumette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{allumette_2026,
  title = {allumette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allumette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}