English [ edit ] The epaulette of a British Army pullover. Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From French épaulette épaule ( “ shoulder ” ) + -ette ( diminutive ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] IPA (key ) : /ˈɛpəlɛt/ , /ˌɛpəˈlɛt/ Audio (Southern England) (file )
epaulette (plural epaulettes
An ornamentation , worn on the shoulders of a military uniform , as a sign of rank .
Synonyms: shoulder board shoulder mark shoulder strap 1903 Henry James , The Ambassadors [1] He would have answered for it at the end of a quarter of an hour that some of the glass cases contained swords and epaulettes of ancient colonels and generals; medals and orders once pinned over hearts that had long since ceased to beat; [ … ]
A similar piece of trimming on a lady’s dress .
A plate on the anterior wings of some insects .
Synonym: tegula
The red patch on the shoulders of a red-winged blackbird . Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] ornamentation
Belarusian: паго́н m ( pahón ) , эпале́т m ( epaljét )
Bulgarian: еполе́т m ( epolét ) , паго́н (bg) m ( pagón )
Catalan: xarretera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肩章 (zh) ( jiānzhāng )
Czech: nárameník (cs) m epoleta f
Esperanto: epoleto
Finnish: olkain (fi) , epoletti (fi)
French: épaulette (fr) f
German: Schulterstück n Schulterklappe (de) f Achselklappe f Epaulette (de) f Schulterbesatz m
Greek: επωμίδα (el) f ( epomída )
Ido: epoleto (io)
Irish: guailleog f
Italian: spallina (it) f mostrina (it) f
Japanese: 肩章 (ja) ( けんしょう, kenshō )
Korean: 견장(肩章) (ko) ( gyeonjang )
Macedonian: нараменица f ( naramenica ) , еполета f ( epoleta )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: мөрдэс ( mördes )
Ottoman Turkish: اوموزلق ( omuzluk )
Persian: سردوشی (fa) ( sarduši ) , پاگون (fa) ( pâgon )
Plautdietsch: Schullastekj n
Polish: epolet (pl) m galon (pl) m naramiennik (pl) m pagon (pl) m
Portuguese: dragona f
Russian: пого́н (ru) m ( pogón ) , эполе́т (ru) m ( epolét )
Slovak: epoleta f
Spanish: hombrera f charretera (es) f
Swedish: epålett (sv) c
Thai: อินทรธนู ( in-tá-nuu )
Ukrainian: пого́н m ( pohón ) , еполе́т m ( epolét )
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