paillette

See also: Paillette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pælˈjɛt/, /paɪˈjɛt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

paillette (plural paillettes)

1. A sequin or spangle.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:

     A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another

Derived terms

• pailletted

French

Etymology

From paille +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.jɛt/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Noun

paillette f (plural paillettes)

1. sequin

Descendants

• → English: paillette
• → German: Paillette
• → Italian: paillette

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette.

Noun

paillette f (invariable)

1. sequin

Further reading

• paillette in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana