callet

== English == === Etymology 1 === Perhaps from French caillette (“a frivolous gossip”), or Irish caile (“girl”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkælət/ ==== Noun ==== callet (plural callets) (obsolete) A trull or prostitute. (obsolete) A scold or gossip. ===== Quotations ===== ==== Verb ==== callet (third-person singular simple present callets, present participle calleting, simple past and past participle calleted) (obsolete) To rail or scold. ==== References ==== “callet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From French callet. ==== Noun ==== callet (plural callets) A disc-shaped piece of chocolate, the size of a chocolate chip, designed for melting when cooking. ===== Usage notes ===== A callet is smaller than a pistole, but the two terms are often used interchangeably. === Anagrams === allect, lectal == Latin == === Verb === callet third-person singular present active indicative of calleō