fleurette

Flirt maybe, which comes from the French 'compter fleurette'.

Love After Love Sharon Bakar 2006

On his abrupt and unexpected apparition, Diana paled and Ruth flushed slightly, whereupon Sir Rowland might have bethought him, had he been book-learned, of the axiom, "Amour qui rougit, fleurette; amour qui plit, drame du coeur."

Mistress Wilding Rafael Sabatini 1912

Très bien résumé pour l'ambiance, les plats et l'esprit de la cuisine de W.L. Dommage pour le bruit et l'absence d'intimité. ici on vient pour manger et discuter et pas pour conter fleurette!!

A Foodie Froggy in Paris 2009

The Oxford English Dictionary (first edition) associates it with such onomatopoeic words as flit and flick, emphasizing a lack of seriousness; on the other hand, it has been attributed to the old French "Conter fleurette", which means "to (try to) seduce" by the dropping of flower leaves, that is, "to speak sweet nothings".

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One thinks of many traditional examples: Fr. fleurette > Eng flirt > Fr le flirt; Fr rôti de boeuf > Eng roast beef > Fr le rosbif; Fr tenez!

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2 1982

*légère: “light”; fleurette: “liquid”; épaisse: “thick” due to bacterial culture

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

*légère: “light”; fleurette: “liquid”; épaisse: “thick” due to bacterial culture

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Sinon pour la double cream, c’est tout simplement une crème à 40% que l’on remplace par de la crème fleurette.

foodbeam » Mousse au chocolat au lait et au caramel au beurre salé 2006

Furetière himself has it, _débiter_) _la fleurette_.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889