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/
- (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)

craft knife
utility knife, box cutter, Stanley knife (tool used to cut)
Synonym: (Portugal) x-ato
stiletto (small dagger)
(botany) stylet, style
Synonym: estilo

Related terms

adaga

Spanish

Noun

estilete m (plural estiletes)

stiletto

Further reading

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

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