wallet

wallet

English

A wallet.

Etymology

From Middle English walet (“bag, knapsack”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from an assumed Old Northern French *walet (“roll; bag; knapsack”), from Proto-Germanic *wal- (“to roll”). More at walk, well, wallow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒlɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑlət/, /ˈwɔlət/

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• Rhymes: -ɒlɪt

Noun

wallet (plural wallets)

1. A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.

   The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet.

2. (by extension, informal) A person's bank account or assets.

   It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.

3. (computing, finance) An e-wallet or digital wallet.
4. A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.

   I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet.

5. (archaic) A bag or pouch.

   He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.

6. (slang) A person's buttocks (the area of the body nearest where one keeps one's wallet).

   He fell down and landed on his wallet.

Synonyms

• billfold
• pocketbook

Translations

case for keeping money

Afrikaans: beursie, portemonnee Albanian: portofol (sq) m Aromanian: pungar n Arabic: مِحْفَظَة‎ f (miḥfaẓa) Egyptian Arabic: محفظة‎ f (maḥfaẓa) Gulf Arabic: بوك‎ (būk) Hijazi Arabic: مِحْفَظَة‎ f (miḥfaẓa) Moroccan Arabic: بزطام‎ m (bazṭām), بزطام‎ m (buzṭām) Armenian: դրամապանակ (hy) (dramapanak) Assamese: মানিবেগ (manibeg), ৱালেট (walet) Asturian: cartera f, billeteru m, billetera f Basque: kartera Bavarian: gödtåschn Belarusian: папе́рнік m (papjérnik), кашалёк m (kašaljók) Bengali: ওয়ালেট (oyaleṭ), মানিব্যাগ (manibẏag) Bulgarian: портфе́йл m (portféjl), портмоне́ n (portmoné) Burmese: ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (puikhcam-it) Catalan: bitlletera (ca) f, cartera (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 銀包, 银包 (ngan4 baau1), 荷包 (ho4 baau1), 錢包, 钱包 (cin4 baau1, cin4-2 baau1), 錢袋, 钱袋 (cin4 doi6-2) Hakka: 錢包, 钱包 (chhièn-pâu) Mandarin: 錢包／钱包 (zh) (qiánbāo), 皮夾／皮夹 (zh) (píjiā), 錢袋／钱袋 (zh) (qiándài) Min Nan: 荷包 (zh-min-nan) (hâ-pau), 錢袋仔 (zh-min-nan), 钱袋仔 (chîⁿ-tē-á), 皮包仔 (zh-min-nan) (phôe-pau-á, phê-pau-á), 錢橐仔, 钱橐仔 (chîⁿ-lok-á), 錢囊仔, 钱囊仔 (chîⁿ-lông-á) Czech: peněženka (cs) f, portmonka (cs) f (obecná čeština) Danish: tegnebog c, pengepung (da) c, pung (da) c, portemonnæ (da) c Dutch: portemonnee (nl) m, portefeuille (nl) m, beurs (nl) m or f Dutch Low Saxon: knippe Esperanto: monujo, biletujo Estonian: rahatasku, rahakott (et) Faroese: mappa f Finnish: lompakko (fi) French: portefeuille (fr) m, portemonnaie (fr) m Galician: carteira f, billeteira f Georgian: საფულე (sapule), ქისა (kisa) German: Portemonnaie (de) n, Portmonee (de) n; Brieftasche (de) f; Geldbeutel (de) m; Geldbörse (de) f, Börse (de) f Greek: πορτοφόλι (el) n (portofóli) Ancient: φάσκωλος m (pháskōlos) Greenlandic: aningaasivik Gujarati: આપનું વૉલેટ (āpanũ vɔleṭ), પાકીટ (pākīṭ) Hebrew: אַרְנָק‎ (he) m (arnák) Hindi: बटुआ (hi) m (baṭuā) Hungarian: pénztárca (hu) Icelandic: veski (is) n, seðlaveski n, budda (is) f Ido: burso (io) Indonesian: dompet (id) Irish: sparán m, vallait f Italian: portafoglio (it) m, borsellino (it) m Japanese: 財布 (ja) (さいふ, saifu), 札入れ (さついれ, satsuire) Kazakh: әмиян (ämiän), шилан (şilan) Khmer: កាបូប (km) (kaaboup), ក្របូប (krɑboup) Korean: 지갑 (ko) (jigap) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: cizdan (ku) f Kyrgyz: бумажник (bumajnik), намыян (namıyan), капчык (kapçık) Lao: ກະເປົາ (lo) (ka pao), ກະເປົາເງິນ (ka pao ngœn) Latgalian: kapšuks Latin: pēra f Latvian: maks m, naudasmaks m Lithuanian: dėklas m, piniginė f Lombard: portafòlh m (east), portafœlh m (west) Macedonian: па́ричник m (páričnik), портмоне́ n (portmoné) Malagasy: kitapom-batsy Malay: Jawi: دومڤيت‎ Rumi: dompet Maltese: kartiera f Maori: wārete, kopa (mi), pāhi, honae Mongolian: Cyrillic: түрийвч (mn) (türiivč) хэтэвч (mn) (xetevč) Nepali: पर्स (pars), पटुकी (paṭukī) Norwegian: Bokmål: lommebok (no) m or f Nynorsk: lommebok f Occitan: please add this translation if you can Old English: scēatcodd m Oromo: korojoo Pashto: امياني‎ (ps) f (amyāní), بټوه‎ (ps) f (baṭwá) Persian: کیف پول‎ (fa) (kif-e pul) Plautdietsch: Jelttausch f Polish: portfel (pl) m, portmonetka (pl) f Portuguese: carteira (pt) f Romanian: portofel (ro), portmoneu (ro) Romansch: portafegl m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), portafigl m (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), portafögl m (Puter, Vallader), bursa f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), buorsa f (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) Russian: бума́жник (ru) m (bumážnik), кошелёк (ru) m (košeljók), портмоне́ (ru) n (portmonɛ́) Scottish Gaelic: màileid f, màileid-pòca f Serbo-Croatian: portafolj (sh) m, portfelj (sh) m Cyrillic: новчаник m, буђелар m Roman: novčanik (sh) m, buđelar (sh) m Slovak: peňaženka (sk) f, portmonka f, náprsná taška f Slovene: denarnica (sl) f Spanish: cartera (es) f, billetera (es) f Swahili: kipochi (sw) Swedish: plånbok (sv) c Tagalog: pitaka (tl), tampipi (tl) Tajik: ҳамъён (hamʾyon), ҳамён (hamyon) Telugu: పర్సులో (parsulō) Thai: กระเป๋าสตางค์ (th) (grà-bpǎo-sà-dtaang), กระเป๋าเงิน (grà-bpǎo-ngən), กระเป๋าตังค์ (grà-bpǎo-dtang), กระเป๋าธนบัตร (grà-bpǎo-tá-ná-bàt) Tibetan: སྦ་ཁུག (sba khug), དངུལ་ཁུག (dngul khug) Turkish: cüzdan (tr), portföy (tr) Turkmen: gapjyk Ukrainian: гамане́ць m (hamanécʹ) Urdu: بٹوا‎ m (baṭuā) Uyghur: قىلادان‎ (qiladan), پورتمال‎ (portmal), پۇل قاپچۇقى‎ (pul qapchuqi), پۇلدان‎ (puldan) Uzbek: hamyon (uz), kartmon Vietnamese: ví (vi), bóp (vi) Volapük: please add this translation if you can Walloon: boûsse (wa) f, poite-manoye (wa), poite-foye m Welsh: gwaled f West Frisian: boekje (fy) n White Hmong: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: בײַטל‎ (baytl) Zhuang: ngaenzbau

a pouch or small bag

Greek: Ancient: βαλλάντιον n (ballántion) Maori: honae

See also

• purse
• scrip

Anagrams

• Atwell, Etwall, all wet

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Verb

wallet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of wallen