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See also: Paillette
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paillette (plural paillettes)
- A sequin or spangle.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:
- A plump and energetic 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
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paillette f (plural paillettes)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “paillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French paillette.
Noun[edit]
paillette f (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- paillette in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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