paillette
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French paillette, from paille ‘straw’ + -ette.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pælˈjɛt/, /paɪˈjɛt/
[edit] Noun
paillette (plural paillettes)
- A sequin or spangle.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 450:
- A plump and energentic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 450:
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
paillette f. (plural paillettes)
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
paillette f. inv.
