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How to pronounce gamine in English?

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Type Words
Type of young woman, girl, young lady, fille, miss, missy
Type Words
Type of guttersnipe, street urchin

Examples of gamine

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Dessay combines a gamey, gamine quality with singing of unstoppable energy and momentum.
From the guardian.co.uk
Should the separated twin sister of the dashing Sebastian not be gamine and irresistible?
From the thisismoney.co.uk
If there isn't a photo of Hepburn under the dictionary definition of gamine, there should be.
From the time.com
Almost gawkily teenage, her gamine face is hyper-expressive, beaming right to the back rows.
From the guardian.co.uk
She is not a risk-taker but nails classic chic gamine like no one else since she cut her hair.
From the ocregister.com
In this case, the gamine is played by the ubiquitous Goldie Hawn.
From the time.com
The world discovered Juliette Binoche in this film and consequently fell in love with the French gamine.
From the guardian.co.uk
But, increasingly, going gamine is the must-have look.
From the independent.co.uk
You can't go wrong with the sublimely gamine Audrey Hepburn.
From the boston.com
More examples
  • A homeless girl who roams the streets
  • A girl of impish appeal
  • Gamine is a French word, the feminine form of gamin, originally meaning urchin, waif or playful, naughty child.
  • A female street urchin; a mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman; having a boyish, mischievous charm; tomboyish
  • [Fr.] Feminine of gamin. A female urchin.