yé-yé

See also: yeye, yéye, yéyé, yěyé, and yèyè

English

Etymology

From French yéyé, from English yeah-yeah.

Noun

yé-yé (countable and uncountable, plural yé-yés)

1. (uncountable, music) A genre of pop music of the early 1960s in Europe.
   • 1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     […] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.

2. (countable) A fan or artist of this genre.
   • 1965 March 8, “Older Women In Their 20's Can Be Yé Yé”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The Mods and the Yé Yés are growing up.

Further reading

• yé-yé on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je.je/

• Audio:

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Noun

yé-yé m (plural yé-yés)

1. Alternative form of yéyé (music)

Noun

yé-yé m or f by sense (plural yé-yés)

1. Alternative form of yéyé (fan)

Further reading

• “yé-yé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.