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.t(ɨ)/
- 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)
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