🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

stilet

Pronunciation / Transliteration: stilet

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
stiletto/stɪˈlɛtəʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il a tiré un stilet de sa poche."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A short dagger with a tapering blade.

    "He concealed a stiletto inside his coat."
  2. 2

    A woman's shoe with a thin, high heel (stiletto heel).

    "She wore high-heeled stilettos to the party."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

From Italian, diminutive of stilo 'stake, style', from Latin stilus.

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