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gamine

/ɡæˈmiːn/
/ˈɡæmiːn/

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Borrowed from French gamine.

noun gamines

A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.

adjective more gamine · most gamine

of a girl Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair. In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine.

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noun a female street urchin; a homeless girl

Русский	беспризо́рница besprizórnica

noun a mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman

Русский	прока́зница prokáznica

adj having a boyish, mischievous charm

Русский	мальчи́шеский malʹčíšeskij

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@misc{gamine_2026,
  title = {gamine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gamine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}