Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brigitte bardot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: brigit-te bar-dot
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone or something very beautiful or desirable.

noun

A back-to-back loan.

Australian usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"I can claim no such dedication to duty since Christmas was passed way up the French Alps in a place where Brigitte Bardots are two-a-penny but horses a rarity."
"[…]performance swelled French national pride and excited the fancy of stock market speculators — it became “the Brigitte Bardot of French industry.”"
"...who, in discussing the Puritan position, declared: ‘I want a Brigitte Bardot who can lead a Bible class’"
"Paris is the greatest food city in the world – the Rolls Royce, the Château d'Yquem, the Brigitte Bardot of gastronomic capitals."
"These practices included back to back loans (in some quarters colloquially termed Brigitte Bardot′s from the initials B.B.),[…]."
"This is a back-to-back loan, sometimes called BBs or Brigitte Bardots."

Etymology

Named after French fashion model and actress Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025). Sense 2 inspired by Bardot's popular nickname, BB.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Brigitte Bardots (plural)

Rhymes With

to so do no so-so know go show though as though oh ago

Questions

What does brigitte bardot mean?: Someone or something very beautiful or desirable.
Where does brigitte bardot come from?: Named after French fashion model and actress Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025). Sense 2 inspired by Bardot's popular nickname, BB.

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