colete

Portuguese
colete

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French collet, from Italian colletto.[1][2] Ultimately from Latin collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈle.te/

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

Noun

colete m (plural coletes)

  1. waistcoat
  2. Ellipsis of colete à prova de balas.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:colete.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koˈlɛ.te/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
  • Hyphenation: co‧le‧te

Verb

colete

  1. inflection of coletar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References
  1. “colete” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “colete” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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