English

Noun

cachette ‎(plural cachettes)

1. A hidden nook; a hiding place.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 49:

     The dwarf plucked the bird from its cachette, throttled it with a twist of his knotty hands, and held it up for the gunman to admire.

   • 2009, Charles Harrison, An Introduction to Art:

     A further twenty-six well-preserved statues were discovered in 1989 where they had been buried in a cachette under the floor of the temple.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃɛt/

Noun

cachette f ‎(plural cachettes)

1. hideaway, hiding place