towelette

English

Etymology

From towel +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʊˈlɛt/, /taʊ.əˈlɛt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

towelette (plural towelettes)

1. A small towel, hand or face wipe, either dry or more commonly impregnated with water or a cleansing fluid.

   Hyponym: moist towelette

   The folded moist towelette was smaller than my palm, but when unfolded at least cleaned my hands.

Translations

A small towel

• Esperanto: viŝileto
• Estonian: salvrätik
• Finnish: kosteuspyyhe (fi)
• French: lingette (fr) f
• Russian: полотенчико (ru) (polotenčiko)