A small bell, especially one used in music or as a decorative element.
French diminutive of 'cloche' (bell), formed with the suffix '-ette' meaning small. The word preserves the medieval Latin 'clocca' with the French affectionate diminutive ending.
Clochettes are the tiny bells in orchestras that create that magical 'magical fairy' sound—they're so small that one needs to be struck very precisely, and because they're tuned to specific pitches, orchestras sometimes have dozens of them for different notes.
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