wallet

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Wallet

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

wallet (plural wallets)

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.
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.

case for keeping money

Arabic: محفظة (miḥfaẓa) f.
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bavarian: gödtåschn
Bosnian: novčanik (bs) m., buđelar (bs) m.
Bulgarian: портфейл
Catalan: bitlletera (ca) f., cartera (ca) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 錢包 (cmn), 钱包 (cmn) (qiánbāo), 皮夾 (cmn), 皮夹 (cmn) (píjiā), 錢袋 (cmn), 钱袋 (cmn) (qiándài)
Czech: peněženka (cs) f.
Danish: tegnebog (da) c.
Dutch: portemonnee (nl) m.
Dutch Low Saxon: knippe
Esperanto: monujo (eo)
Finnish: lompakko (fi)
French: portefeuille (fr) m.
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Brieftasche (de) f., Geldbörse (de) f., Geldbeutel (de) m., Portemonnaie (de) n.
Greek: χρηματοφυλάκιο [xrimato̞fiˈlaciˌo̞] n., βαλάντιο [vaˈla(n)diˌo̞] (means also "purse" and "pocket") n., πορτοφόλι [ˌpo̞rto̞ˈfo̞li] (from Italian portafoglio) n.
Hebrew: ארנק (arnak)
Hungarian: pénztárca (hu)