paillette

See also: Paillette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pælˈjɛt/, /paɪˈjɛt/

Noun

paillette (plural paillettes)

1. A sequin or spangle.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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

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French

Etymology

From paille + -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.jɛt/

Noun

paillette f (plural paillettes)

1. sequin

Further reading

• “paillette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

paillette f (uncountable)

1. sequin