estilete

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stiletto (“stiletto”), diminutive of stilus (“stylus”), from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (cognate with English stick).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/, /es.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/, /es.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/, /eʃ.t͡ʃiˈle.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.t͡ʃiˈle.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tiˈle.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: es‧ti‧le‧te

Noun

estilete m (plural estiletes)

1. craft knife
2. utility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)

   Synonym: (Portugal) x-ato

3. stiletto (small dagger)
4. (botany) stylet, style

   Synonym: estilo

Related terms

• adaga

Spanish

Noun

estilete m (plural estiletes)

1. stiletto

Further reading

• “estilete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014