Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featurette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: fea-turette
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relatively short feature film.

noun

A short film of bonus material, companion to the main feature, frequently part of additional material in a home video release on LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-Ray.

Example Sentences

"The 1950 production program of the RD-DR Corporation (Reader's Digest-deRochemont) has been expanded to include six hour-length “featurettes” in addition to two longer pictures, it was announced yesterday by Louis de Rochemont, the producer."
"With DVDs steadily joining VHS cassettes as extinct technology, what has become of the fun, insightful mixed bag that movie fans came to know as bonus features — the audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, bloopers, deleted scenes and alternate endings?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English feature Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English featurette From feature + -ette.

Inflected Forms

featurettes (plural)

Questions

What does featurette mean?: A relatively short feature film.
Where does featurette come from?: Etymology tree English feature Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ettebor. Middle English -ette English -ette English featurette From feature + -ette.

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