Bette
- A variant ofBetty, adiminutive of the femalegiven nameElizabeth.
1981,William Wharton,Dad, Knopf,→ISBN, page293:"Jack, couldn't you call meBette again? You know how much I hate Bess. I don't know what's happened; you've been calling meBette since we came to California and now, suddenly, you're calling me Bess."
There's a long silence. Dad's still up on his knees; I'm driving along Sepulveda Boulevard toward Olympic.
"Well,Bette, I married you as Bess and I've always liked that name. It's a name you don't hear very often; it's a strong name like you. Every time I call youBette I'm afraid somebody else might answer."
Bette n (mixed,genitiveBettes,pluralBetten)
- (now colloquial, regional, eastern Germany, otherwise obsolete)alternative form ofBett
Declension ofBette [neuter, mixed]
Bette
- (archaic)dativesingular ofBett
